suck+dry
1suck 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 …
2suck 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 …
3milk/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 …
4suck — 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,… …
5dry — 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,… …
6suck — ► 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… …
7suck someone or something dry — suck (someone or something) dry see ↑dry, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑suck …
8suck — [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,… …
9suck someone dry — ► suck someone dry exhaust someone s physical, material, or emotional resources. Main Entry: ↑suck …
10Suck It Dry — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Suck It Dry Produktionsland Vereinigte Staaten …
