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| dry out |
| 1. v. To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed. |
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| Your trousers need to dry out before you put them on. |
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| 2. v. (colloquial, ambitransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk. |
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| Analysis |
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| dry |
| 1. adj. Free from or lacking moisture. |
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| This towel's dry. Could you wet it and cover the chicken so it doesn't go dry as it cooks? |
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| 2. adj. Unable to produce a liquid, as water, (Petrochemistry) oil, or (farming) milk. |
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| This well is as dry as that cow. |
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| 3. adj. (masonry) Built without or lacking mortar. |
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| out |
| See also individual phrasal verbs such as come out, go out, put out, take out, pull out, and so on. |
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| 1. adv. Away from the inside or the centre. |
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| The magician pulled the rabbit out of the hat. |
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| 2. adv. Away from home or one's usual place. |
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| Let's eat out tonight |
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