Usually means: Deplete resources or energy completely.
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  1. suck dry: Merriam-Webster
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  3. suck dry: Wiktionary

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Definitions from Wiktionary (suck dry)

▸ verb:  (informal, idiomatic, transitive) To exhaust all the resources of someone or something.

Similar:
sucking, suckle, give suck, dry out, suck up, dry up, dryness, sucky, dry hole, suckler, more...

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sucking, suckle, give suck, dry out, suck up, dry up, dryness, sucky, dry hole, suckler, more...



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