suck+dry

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• suck dry — phrasal : to draw all the vitality, resources, or strength of : exhaust several centuries of essentialist thought have sucked dry reality Modern Schoolman * * * suck (someone or something) dry see ↑dry, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑suck …   Useful english dictionary

• suck dry — Synonyms and related words: ablate, absorb, abuse, assimilate, bleed, bleed white, burn up, consume, denude, deplete, deplume, despoil, digest, displume, divest, drain, drain of resources, dry, eat, eat up, erode, exhaust, expend, exploit, finish …   Moby Thesaurus

• milk/bleed/suck dry — milk/bleed/suck (someone or something) dry informal : to take or use up everything from (someone or something) He married her for her money and then bled her dry. She milked the system dry. • • • Main Entry: ↑dry …   Useful english dictionary

• suck — v. & n. v. 1 tr. draw (a fluid) into the mouth by making a partial vacuum. 2 tr. (also absol.) a draw milk or other fluid from or through (the breast etc. or a container). b extract juice from (a fruit) by sucking. 3 tr. a draw sustenance,… …   Useful english dictionary

• dry — Synonyms and related words: Rabelaisian, Saharan, Spartan, WCTU, acarpous, acerb, acerbate, acerbic, acescent, acetose, acid, acidulous, air dry, anhydrate, anhydrous, antisaloon, apathetic, arid, ascetic, athirst, austere, bake, baked, bald,… …   Moby Thesaurus

• suck — ► VERB 1) draw into the mouth by contracting the lip muscles to make a partial vacuum. 2) hold (something) in the mouth and draw at it by contracting the lip and cheek muscles. 3) draw in a specified direction by creating a vacuum. 4) (suck… …   English terms dictionary

• suck someone or something dry — suck (someone or something) dry see ↑dry, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑suck …   Useful english dictionary

• suck — [suk] vt. [ME suken < OE sucan, akin to Ger saugen < IE * seuk , *seug < base * seu , damp, juice > SUP1, L sucus, juice, sugere, to suck] 1. a) to draw (liquid) into the mouth by creating a vacuum or partial vacuum with the lips,… …   English World dictionary

• suck someone dry — ► suck someone dry exhaust someone s physical, material, or emotional resources. Main Entry: ↑suck …   English terms dictionary

• Suck It Dry — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Suck It Dry Produktionsland Vereinigte Staaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

• Suck You Dry — Infobox Single Name = Suck You Dry Artist = Mudhoney from Album = Piece Of Cake B side = Deception Pass Released = 1992 Format = Recorded = 1991 1992 Genre = Grunge Length = 2:34 Label = Reprise Records Producer = Conrad Uno, Mudhoney Last single …   Wikipedia