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Gene93 Posted 10 years ago
Vocabulary
to dry up
Does: "Car sales dried up last year" sound fine to you? I usually hear people say other verbs, but I've encountered this one too. I referred to a few dictionaries and they all define it as "if a supply of something dries up, it ends". A supply of sales? Hmm...
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It may not follow the precise dictionary definition you refer to but it sounds perfectly understandable and I've heard it used in similar contexts on the radio / television news over the years.
- It may not follow the precise dictionary definition you refer to but it sounds perfectly understandable and I've heard it used in similar contexts on the radio / television news over the years.
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It may not follow the precise dictionary definition you refer to but it sounds perfectly understandable and I've heard it used in similar contexts on the radio / television news over the years.
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