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dry up vi phrasal (liquid: dry completely)secarse⇒ v prnl
 During a drought, streams may dry up completely.
 Durante una sequía, los arroyos pueden secarse por completo.
dry up vi phrasal figurative, informal (disappear) (coloquial)agotarse⇒, consumirse⇒ v prnl
 At one point in the banking crisis, the supply of funds to industry almost dried up completely.
 Durante la crisis de los bancos, el suministro de fondos para la industria casi se agotó por completo.
dry up vi phrasal figurative, slang (forget speech) (coloquial)quedarse en blanco loc verb
 When the moment came for him to speak his lines, the actor dried up completely.
 Cuando le llegó el momento de hablar, el actor se quedó en blanco completamente.
dry up vi phrasal figurative, slang (stop talking)callarse⇒ v prnl
  (coloquial)cerrar la boca loc verb
 He's ranting again. I wish he'd just dry up!
 Está despotricando de nuevo, ¡ojalá se callara!
Dry up! interj figurative, slang (stop talking!)¡cállate! interj
  (AR)¡callate! interj
 Oh, dry up! I'm tired of your constant complaining.
 ¡Cállate! Estoy harto de tus quejas constantes.
  (coloquial)¡cierra el pico! interj
 ¡Cierra el pico! Estoy harto de tus quejas constantes.
  (AR, coloquial)¡cerrá la boca! interj
 ¡Cerrá la boca! Estoy harto de tus quejas constantes.
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'dry up' aparece también en las siguientes entradas:
In the English description:
go to seed - run dry - shrivel
Spanish:
agotar - desecar - madurar - secar - acartonar - apergaminar - anublar - marchitar - emborrascar - resecar


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