To stay away from (a place or condition). / To restrain someone or something from entering (a place or condition).

To miss an experience or lose an opportunity, etc. that should not be missed. / (chiefly Britain) To leave out, to omit.

present participle of dry out

Old; worn out; useless.

Third-person singular simple present indicative form of dry out

To have excess water evaporate or be otherwise removed. / (colloquial, transitive, intransitive, idiomatic) To (cause to) sober up; to cease to be drunk; to quit using drugs or alcohol.

simple past tense and past participle of dry out

(transitive) To use a screen, grate, sieve or similar means to separate large from small (objects or particles). / (transitive, figuratively) To exclude selectively.

(idiomatic, intransitive) To leave one's present location; to leave somewhere for another place. / (idiomatic, intransitive) To vacate one's place of residence or employment.

(slang) To fall asleep, usually from implied exhaustion.