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单词 dryout
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dryout

[ drahy-out ]
/ ˈdraɪˌaʊt /

noun

the process or an instance of drying out: applying compost to the garden soil to retard dryout.
Informal. a facility for detoxifying alcoholic patients.

Origin of dryout

noun use of verb phrase dry out

Words nearby dryout

dry nurse, dry offset, dryomorph, dryopithecine, Dryopithecus, dryout, dry plate, dry pleurisy, drypoint, dry puddling, dry rale
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British Dictionary definitions for dryout

dry out

verb (adverb)

to make or become dry
to undergo or cause to undergo treatment for alcoholism or drug addiction
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012

Idioms and Phrases with dryout

dry out

Undergo a cure for alcoholism, as in After years of constant drinking, he realized that he needed to dry out. [1960s]

The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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