| 释义 |       past tense of come up empty         as in failedto be unsuccessful We searched for a viable candidate but came up empty.       failed     collapsed     flopped     fell short     struck out     fell flat     folded     struggled     missed     washed out     laid an egg     came to grief     flamed out     bombed     fell on one's face     flunked     came a cropper     died on the vine     foundered     tanked     cratered     declined     went under     crashed     slipped     slumped     crumbled     skidded     floundered     waned     miscarried     imploded     misfired     sunk     sank     self-destructed       See More   went over     worked out     went     succeeded     came off     delivered     clicked     cooked     flourished     panned out     thrived     prospered     prevailed     won     triumphed     throve   |