Idiom
suck dry
Meaning
To exhaust all the resources of someone or something.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“The project will suck dry our limited budget.”
“The company continued to suck dry its employees' energy until everyone eventually quit.”
“The corrupt administration sought to suck dry the nation's natural resources to fund their own lavish lifestyles.”
Examples
simple
“The project will suck dry our limited budget.”
contextual
“The company continued to suck dry its employees' energy until everyone eventually quit.”
complex
“The corrupt administration sought to suck dry the nation's natural resources to fund their own lavish lifestyles.”
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