dry up

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

“I'll go shopping when it dries up.”

To cause to become dry.

“The heatwave dried up all the rivers.”

To manually dry dishes.

To deprive someone of (something vital).

“The bankruptcy rumor dried up his sales.”

To cease to exist; to disappear

“When our money dried up, we had to get proper jobs.”

To stop talking; to forget what one was going to say.

“This surprised me so much that I dried up for a moment.”