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dry one's eyes en · VERB
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(idiomatic) To cease crying.
These two stood in the corridor, waving till the last of the platform was out of sight; then they came into our compartment, and the woman cried a little. Soon she dried her eyes, and went back into the corridor, to have a last glimpse of her native heath.
1955 May, Rev. A. W. V. Mace, “An Irish Journey—1”, in Railway Magazine, page 303:"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:Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now, it's over
2004, The Streets, “Dry Your Eyes”, in A Grand Don't Come for Free:
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