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run dry

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  1. run dry, dry outverb

    become empty of water

    "The river runs dry in the summer"

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  1. run dry

    "Run dry" is a phrase primarily used to describe a situation where a resource has been completely exhausted or depleted, thus no longer available or in operation. It can refer to both tangible resources, like water or oil supplies, or intangible ones, like ideas or patience. When something has "run dry", it means it is exhausted to the point where it cannot function or be used anymore. This term can be used in various contexts including finance, business, arts, and natural resources.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of run dry in Chaldean Numerology is: 2

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of run dry in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1

Examples of run dry in a Sentence

  1. Punchi Banda Herath:

    It happened to me in 2011 and again in 2013, there were floods earlier in the year, but by the time I went to do the planting toward the end of the year there was no water left. The small reservoirs in this region can't hold that much water when it rains, and run dry very fast when drought sets in.

  2. Victor Hugo:

    At the shrine of friendship never say die, let the wine of friendship never run dry. (Les Miserables)

  3. Chelsea Manning:

    After this upload, that's all I really have got left, curious eyes never run dry in my experience.


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