Meaning of dry up and blow away | Babel Free

Definitions

To go away; to disappear.

idiomatic, informal

Examples

“No-one wants to donate a large sum of hard-earned money to an agency that may dry up and blow away next year.”

“But some neighbors still let their sprinklers spray, and Mr. Trussell worried that the little community his grandparents helped build was on the brink of drying up and blowing away.”

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