dry up
— Phrasal Verb with dry /draɪ/ verb [I, T]Definition
END › If a supply of something dries up, it ends: The work dried up and he went out of business.
WATER › If a river or lake dries up, the water in it disappears.
(Definition of dry up from the Cambridge Learner's Dictionary
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