"dry one's eyes" meaning in English

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      "form": "drying one's eyes",
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    {
      "form": "dried one's eyes",
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        "past"
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      "form": "dried one's eyes",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"Be careful!\" cried the green girl. \"The tears will fall on your green silk gown and spot it.\"\nSo 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.\"",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2004, The Streets (lyrics and music), “Dry Your Eyes”, in A Grand Don't Come for Free:",
          "text": "Dry your eyes mate\nI know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts\nBut you've got to walk away now, it's over",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cease crying."
      ],
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        "(idiomatic) To cease crying."
      ],
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        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "dried one's eyes",
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    },
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          "ref": "1900 May 17, L[yman] Frank Baum, The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, Chicago, Ill., New York, N.Y.: Geo[rge] M[elvin] Hill Co., →OCLC:",
          "text": "\"Be careful!\" cried the green girl. \"The tears will fall on your green silk gown and spot it.\"\nSo 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.\"",
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        {
          "ref": "2004, The Streets (lyrics and music), “Dry Your Eyes”, in A Grand Don't Come for Free:",
          "text": "Dry your eyes mate\nI know you want to make her see how much this pain hurts\nBut you've got to walk away now, it's over",
          "type": "quote"
        }
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        "To cease crying."
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        "(idiomatic) To cease crying."
      ],
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