dry out
dry up
[verb]
Synonyms: become dry, harden, shrivel up, wilt, wither, wizen

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dry out phrasal verb (see also dry)

1. to become completely dry or to make something completely dry, especially after it has been very wet:
In summer, water the plants regularly and never let the soil dry out.
dry something ↔ out
The kitchen was flooded and it took ages to dry it out.

2. dry (somebody) out to stop drinking alcohol after you have become an alcoholic, or to make someone do this:
He’s been drying out at a private clinic.
The hospital dried Michael out and sent him home.

[TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲

dry out
v. phr. To cure an alcoholic.
A longtime alcoholic. Uncle Steve is now in the hospital getting dried out.

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