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dry off

To remove wetness from oneself, someone, or something. A noun or pronoun can be used between "dry" and "off." Here's a towel so you can dry yourself off when you get out of the pool. Can you answer the phone while I dry off my hands?

dry someone or something off

to remove the moisture from someone or something. Please dry your feet off before coming in. Dry off your feet before you come in here!

See also: dry, off

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He said: "Even now, after every single show, after I dry myself off, I make a point of going out and meeting people.

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Besides, I'm staying at a lovely hotel at Weston Park so I can always nip back and dry myself off.

Soap star at festival

I dry myself off and get into bed where I fall asleep almost instantly - and don't wake up until my alarm goes off at 8am.

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Then he gave me a towel to dry myself off and I was just so surprised that somebody who talked so dirty would have such clean-smelling laundry.

My life as a Christian

Dry myself off, clean the bath - very important children that you don't leave it dirty for the next person - and tip-toe into the bedroom to get dressed.

Perspective: Have sympathy for the bird-brain who's up before the lark

It annoys The Boss in particular if I stagger in from the garden, swill cold water over my head, and then dry myself off with the kitchen towel, a practice deemed to be 'disgusting'.

Perspective: If you can't stand the heat, stay under a tree all summer

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