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Meaning of dry one's eyes | Babel Free

Verb CEFR C1

Definitions

To cease crying.

idiomatic

Examples

“"Be careful!" cried the green girl. "The tears will fall on your green silk gown and spot it." So Dorothy dried her eyes and said, "I suppose we must try it; but I am sure I do not want to kill anybody, even to see Aunt Em again."”
“These two stood in the corridor, waving till the last of the platform was out of sight; then they came into our compartment, and the woman cried a little. Soon she dried her eyes, and went back into the corridor, to have a last glimpse of her native heath.”
“Dry your eyes mate I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts But you've got to walk away now, it's over”

CEFR level

C1
Advanced
This word is part of the CEFR C1 vocabulary — advanced level.

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