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dried one's eyes

dried one's eyes is the simple past and past participle of dry one's eyes.

Meaning of dry one's eyes

Verb

dry one's eyes (third-person singular simple present dries one's eyes, present participle drying one's eyes, simple past and past participle dried one's eyes)

  1. (idiomatic) To cease crying.
    • "Be careful!" cried the green girl. "The tears will fall on your green silk gown and spot it."
      So Dorothy dried her eyes and said, "I suppose we must try it; but I am sure I do not want to kill anybody, even to see Aunt Em again."1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill.; New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC

Questions about dried one's eyes

What is dried one's eyes the simple past and past participle of?
Dried one's eyes is the simple past and past participle of dry one's eyes.

Words near dried one's eyes in the dictionary

  1. dried fruit
  2. dried fruits
  3. dried milk
  4. dried milks
  5. dried off
  6. dried one's eyes
  7. dried out
  8. dried plum
  9. dried plums
  10. dried up
  11. dried up and blew away

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