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drying up and blowing away

drying up and blowing away is the present 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 drying up and blowing away

What is drying up and blowing away the present participle of?
Drying up and blowing away is the present participle of dry up and blow away.

Words near drying up and blowing away in the dictionary

  1. drying rack
  2. drying racks
  3. drying time
  4. drying times
  5. drying up
  6. drying up and blowing away
  7. drying-up
  8. dryings
  9. dryinid
  10. dryinids
  11. dryish

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