Wiktionary
vb. 1 To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed. 2 (context idiomatic English) To sober up; to cease to be drunk.
WordNet
Usage examples of "dry out".
The altered level meant that the shoreline continued ahead, with the flattened reed beds already starting to dry out.
She would have to dry out the keyboard, find another, replace it, retrieve all the files.
They can be planted directly in the garden or kept in containers, but remember that outdoor plants in small containers can dry out quickly.
As well it should, for it was terribly hot and dry out here for it.
For recycled used cooking oil you need to not only increase the lye concentration 20%, it is also helpful to dry out the used cooking oils as much as possible.
Then I went back to the lighthouse, hung my clothes over the back of an old chair to dry out, crawled beneath the blanket, slept again.
Able at last to slip out of his rain gear for a few hours, Hasa carefully laid his attire over smaller branches in the hope it would dry out a little.
What was left of the roast pork of yesterday, or two days ago, and there was quite a bit, still looked and smelled and tasted fresh, though it had simply lain on a platter in the hall, where you might have expected it to dry out or perhaps to spoil.
Though it was still damp, she had set up the hide tent near the fire where it could dry out more while she slept.
The single most difficult problem with air layers is the tendency for them to dry out quickly.
No, it was somebody in your own outfit, somebody who figured to leave you high and dry out here on the cap rock.