"suck dry" meaning in All languages combined

See suck dry on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: sucks dry [present, singular, third-person], sucking dry [participle, present], sucked dry [participle, past], sucked dry [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} suck dry (third-person singular simple present sucks dry, present participle sucking dry, simple past and past participle sucked dry)
  1. (idiomatic, transitive) To exhaust all the resources of someone or something. Tags: idiomatic, transitive
    Sense id: en-suck_dry-en-verb-g0FaB61B Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry
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        "To exhaust all the resources of someone or something."
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        "(idiomatic, transitive) To exhaust all the resources of someone or something."
      ],
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        "To exhaust all the resources of someone or something."
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