0 to remove all useful, valuable qualities or possessions from a person, thing, or place:
That firm sucks its new programmers dry after five years and then fires them.
Big cities suck the surrounding towns dry of local talent.
Out-of-town stores have sucked the life out of the city centre.
NIEUWE WOORDEN
European
May 10, 2021
WOORD VAN DE DAG
Shimmer
suck sb/sth dry