dry out

dry out
dry out
1. Lit. to become dry. •

The clothes finally dried out in the wet weather.

2. Fig. to allow alcohol and the effects of drunkenness, especially if habitual, to dissipate from one's body. •

He required about three days to dry out completely.

He dried out in three days.

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{v. phr.} To cure an alcoholic. * /A longtime alcoholic. Uncle Steve is now in the hospital getting dried out./

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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