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Run dry

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Verb
  1. 1
    To become dry; to cease to flow with water. literally

    "Last summer the river ran dry."

  2. 2
    become empty of water wordnet
  3. 3
    To run out; to be fully consumed; to expire. figuratively

    "The beer soon ran dry so we cracked open a bottle of wine."

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