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dried up and blown away

dried up and blown away is the past participle of dry up and blow away.

Meaning of dry up and blow away

Verb

dry up and blow away (third-person singular simple present dries up and blows away, present participle drying up and blowing away, simple past dried up and blew away, past participle dried up and blown away)

  1. (idiomatic, informal) To go away; to disappear.
    • No-one wants to donate a large sum of hard-earned money to an agency that may dry up and blow away next year.2010, John Mutz, Katherine Murray, Fundraising For Dummies

Questions about dried up and blown away

What is dried up and blown away the past participle of?
Dried up and blown away is the past participle of dry up and blow away.

Words near dried up and blown away in the dictionary

  1. dried out
  2. dried plum
  3. dried plums
  4. dried up
  5. dried up and blew away
  6. dried up and blown away
  7. dried-fish woman
  8. dried-fish women
  9. dried-up-ness
  10. driedness
  11. driedoorn

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