Dries out, with 'up'

• Quits joking around
• Becomes less drunk (with "up")
• Renders serious
• Becomes serious
• Gets over drunkenness, with "up"
• Dries out, with "up"
• Regains one's senses, with "up"
• Gets serious
• Recovers from drinking, with "up"

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vb. (en-third-person singular of: sober )