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empty-handed ADJ

empty-handed

return empty handed

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One night, together with her husband they steal flowers from a cemetery, not wishing to arrive empty-handed at the home of a colleague.
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The abeyances were not acknowledged, their aspirants came away empty-handed.
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If they, however, risked the entire $50,000 and failed, they also lost all the money they had won in the previous rounds, walking away empty-handed.
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However, the local store has sold out by the time she gets there, so she returns empty-handed.
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If no deal is made, the trader leaves empty-handed and the player must answer on their own.
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They left empty-handed, cursing and calling me a number of names.
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You have come a long way to visit me, he told the prowler, and you should not return empty-handed.
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He set out again with a larger force the following month, but returned home empty-handed after two and a half months of searching.
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His room had been entered and his papers had been scrutinized, but the thieves, or spies, left empty-handed.
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A second set of emissaries were sent in 1268, returning empty-handed like the first.
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