1.Lit. to become dry. The clothes finally dried out in the wet weather.
2.Fig. to allow alcohol and the effects of drunkenness, especially if habitual, to dissipate from one's body. He required about three days to dry out completely.He dried out in three days.
Fig. to cause someone to become sober; to cause someone to stop drinking alcohol to excess. If the doctor at the clinic can't dry him out, no one can.The hospital will dry out Mary and start treatment.