suck dry

suck 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, finish off, flay, fleece, gobble, gobble up, ill-use, impose upon, impoverish, ingest, make use of, manipulate, milk, misuse, pick clean, play on, pluck, presume upon, shear, skin, spend, squander, strip, strip bare, stroke, swallow, swallow up, take advantage of, use, use ill, use up, waste away, wear away, work on, work upon

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  • suck 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 …   Useful english dictionary

  • milk/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 …   Useful english dictionary

  • suck — 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,… …   Useful english dictionary

  • dry — 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,… …   Moby Thesaurus

  • suck — ► 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… …   English terms dictionary

  • suck someone or something dry — suck (someone or something) dry see ↑dry, 1 • • • Main Entry: ↑suck …   Useful english dictionary

  • suck — [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,… …   English World dictionary

  • suck someone dry — ► suck someone dry exhaust someone s physical, material, or emotional resources. Main Entry: ↑suck …   English terms dictionary

  • Suck It Dry — Filmdaten Deutscher Titel Suck It Dry Produktionsland Vereinigte Staaten …   Deutsch Wikipedia

  • Suck You Dry — Infobox Single Name = Suck You Dry Artist = Mudhoney from Album = Piece Of Cake B side = Deception Pass Released = 1992 Format = Recorded = 1991 1992 Genre = Grunge Length = 2:34 Label = Reprise Records Producer = Conrad Uno, Mudhoney Last single …   Wikipedia

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