Speakur

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dry up and blow away

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.33 in modern English

Syllables
dry up and blow -away
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
2
Syllables
11
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To go away; to disappear.

Informal

Example Sentences

Usage

Inflected Forms

dries up and blows away (present, singular) drying up and blowing away (participle, present) dried up and blew away (past) dried up and blown away (participle, past)

Questions

What does dry up and blow away mean?
To go away; to disappear.

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