dry up
Intermediate (B1) neutral
When something disappears completely or stops being available, like water in a river or ideas in a conversation.
"The stream dried up completely during the long summer drought."
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Loans dry up, everyday
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dry up a little bit,
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Even when waters dry up
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is beginning to dry up.
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immediately dry up the irrigation water