dry off

dry off
transitive verb
: to develop dormancy in (a plant) by withholding water

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ˌdry ˈoff [intransitive/transitive] [present tense I/you/we/they dry off present participle drying off past tense dried off past participle dried off] phrasal verb
if something dries off, or if you dry it off, all the water dries or is wiped from its surface

Wash the salad and leave it to dry off.

dry yourself off:

He got out of the shower and dried himself off.

Thesaurus: to make someone or something wet or drysynonym to remove or move liquidhyponym to make things cleaner or tidiersynonym
Main entry: dry

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dry off [phrasal verb]
1 a : to become dry

My umbrella's drying off in the hall.

1 b : to make your body dry

We got out of the pool and dried off.

2 dry off (someone or something) or dry (someone or something) off : to make (someone or something) dry

He dried off the bench and sat down.

Dry yourself off and get dressed.

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Main Entry: ↑dry

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ˌdry ˈoff | ˌdry sb/sthˈoff derived
to become dry or make sth dry

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We went swimming and then lay in the sun to dry off.

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We dried our boots off by the fire.

Main entry: ↑dryderived

Useful english dictionary. 2012.

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