Meaning Of The Word Empty-handed
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Empty-handed Meaning
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What's The Definition Of Empty-handed?
empty-handed
If you come away from somewhere empty-handed, you have failed to get what you wanted. empty-handed in American English bringing, gaining, or carrying away nothing adjective: having nothing in the hands, as in doing no work empty-handed in British English adjective: carrying nothing in the hands |
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