Usually means: Operate without necessary lubrication or resources.
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  1. run dry: Merriam-Webster
  2. run dry: Oxford Learner's Dictionaries
  3. run dry: Vocabulary.com
  4. run dry: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  5. run dry: Wiktionary
  6. run dry: Dictionary.com
  7. run dry: Rhymezone
  8. run dry: FreeDictionary.org
  9. run dry: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. run dry: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. run dry: Idioms

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Definitions from Wiktionary (run dry)

▸ verb:  To become dry; to cease to flow with water.
▸ verb:  To run out; to be fully consumed; to expire.

Similar:
dry out, dry off, dry up, run off, fordry, updry, desiccate, stagnate, drip-dry, roughdry, more...

Opposite:
overflow, abundance, plenty, fullness, plenitude

Phrases:
eyes had run dry, more...

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Similar:
dry out, dry off, dry up, run off, fordry, updry, desiccate, stagnate, drip-dry, roughdry, more...

Opposite:
overflow, abundance, plenty, fullness, plenitude

Phrases:
eyes had run dry, more...



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