dry one's eyes
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dry one's eyes (third-person singular simple present dries one's eyes, present participle drying one's eyes, simple past and past participle dried one's eyes)
- (idiomatic) To cease crying.
- 1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M. Hill Co., →OCLC:
- "Be careful!" cried the green girl. "The tears will fall on your green silk gown and spot it."
So Dorothy dried her eyes and said, "I suppose we must try it; but I am sure I do not want to kill anybody, even to see Aunt Em again."
- 2004, The Streets (lyrics and music), “Dry Your Eyes”, in A Grand Don't Come for Free:
- Dry your eyes mate
I know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts
But you've got to walk away now, it's over
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