dry out

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

dry out (third-person singular simple present dries out, present participle drying out, simple past and past participle dried out)

1. To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed.

   Your trousers need to dry out before you put them on.

2. (colloquial, transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk.

Translations

to have excess water evaporate

• Azerbaijani: qurumaq (az)
• Mongolian: хатаах (mn) (xataax)
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