dry up

verb8

1. •
   To become dry (often of weather); to lose water.

   • I'll go shopping when it dries up.
   • Last summer the lake completely dried up.
2. •
   To cause to become dry.

   • The heatwave dried up all the rivers.
3. •
   To deprive someone of (something vital).

   • The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales.
4. •
   To gradually decrease and eventually cease.

   • When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs.
   • After the stock market crash, the easy financing dried up.
5. •
   To manually dry dishes and utensils.

   • I'll dry up if you wash up.
6. •
   To stop talking because one has forgotten what one was going to say.

   • This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment.
7. •
   To forget one's lines.
8. •
   To stop talking or drop a topic.

   • Oh, dry up, you old fuddy-duddy!