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run dry

Idioms  

  1. see well's run dry.

Example Sentences

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Let the SPR run dry, perhaps by gradually selling forward contracts on its output.

From The Wall Street Journal

A slim profit in fiscal 2000 turned into deep annual losses for much of the next decade once that demand ran dry.

From Barron's

As the company’s liquidity ran dry, it resorted to “self help” to stay afloat, using revenue collections earmarked to repay lenders to cover operating costs instead, including its legal fees, court papers show.

From The Wall Street Journal

But those pools are running dry and the Kremlin is increasingly fishing for international recruits.

From The Wall Street Journal

My mouth runs dry and my legs feel like rubber.

From Literature

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