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dries one's eyes

dries one's eyes is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 dries one's eyes

What is dries one's eyes the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dries one's eyes is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dry one's eyes.

Words near dries one's eyes in the dictionary

  1. drier
  2. drier than a dead dingo's donger
  3. driers
  4. dries
  5. dries off
  6. dries one's eyes
  7. dries out
  8. dries up
  9. dries up and blows away
  10. drieselase
  11. Driessen

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