suck dry en · VERB
Meanings
- (idiomatic, informal, transitive) To exhaust all the resources of someone or something.
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Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see suck, dry.
The swimmers wore pantyhose to stop the leeches in the lake from sucking them dry.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| sucks dry | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic | |
| sucking dry | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sucked dry | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| sucked dry | Tense=Past | lexicographic |