- run dry
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phrasal
1. to use up an available supply
2. to become exhausted or spent <his inspiration had run dry>
New Collegiate Dictionary. 2001.
run dry
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run dry — verb become empty of water The river runs dry in the summer • Syn: ↑dry out • Hypernyms: ↑dry, ↑dry out • Verb Frames: Something s * * * (of a well or river) cease to flow … Useful english dictionary
run dry — 1) if a supply of something such as money runs dry, there is no more of it left Supplies of vaccines could run dry if there is an epidemic. 2) if a river runs dry, there is no water left in it … English dictionary
run dry — to be all used completely. We have been told the Social Security trust fund will run dry in a few more years because so many people will be retiring … New idioms dictionary
run dry — {v. phr.} To dry up; lose the water content. * /After many years of use, our well ran dry./ … Dictionary of American idioms
run dry — {v. phr.} To dry up; lose the water content. * /After many years of use, our well ran dry./ … Dictionary of American idioms
run dry — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. dry up, stop running, cease to flow; see dry 1 … English dictionary for students
run\ dry — v. phr. To dry up; lose the water content. After many years of use, our well ran dry … Словарь американских идиом
run dry — 1》 (of a well or river) cease to flow or have any water. 2》 (of a supply) be completely used up. → run … English new terms dictionary
run dry, to — The cessation of flow from a well or spring [16] … Lexicon of Cave and Karst Terminology
'Til the Rivers All Run Dry — Single by Don Williams from the album Harmony B side Don t You Think It s Time Released December 15, 1975 … Wikipedia
