empty-handedadjective [ after verb ]
uk/ˌemp.tiˈhæn.dɪd/us/ˌemp.tiˈhæn.dɪd/without bringing or taking anything:
We can't go to the party empty-handed.
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Lacking things
- bankrupt
- bankruptcy
- be hard up (for sth) idiom
- bereft
- catch
- cry out for sth
- demand
- hole
- lacking
- need
- need sth like you need a hole in the head idiom
- needful
- needy
- short
- take
- the cupboard is bare idiom
- the UN
- unsatisfied
- vacuum
- want
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