dry out phrasal verb ( see also ↑ dry )
1 . to become completely dry or to make something completely dry, especially after it has been very wet:
In summer, water the plants regularly and never let the soil dry out.
dry something ↔ out
The kitchen was flooded and it took ages to dry it out.
2 . dry (somebody) out to stop drinking alcohol after you have become an ↑ alcoholic , or to make someone do this:
He’s been drying out at a private clinic.
The hospital dried Michael out and sent him home.