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dries up and blows away

dries up and blows away is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 dries up and blows away

What is dries up and blows away the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Dries up and blows away is the third-person singular simple present indicative of dry up and blow away.

Words near dries up and blows away in the dictionary

  1. dries
  2. dries off
  3. dries one's eyes
  4. dries out
  5. dries up
  6. dries up and blows away
  7. drieselase
  8. Driessen
  9. Driessens
  10. driest
  11. drieth

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