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                            Phrase(s): come away empty-handed 
to return without anything.  •  All right, go gambling. Don’t come away empty-handed, though.  •  go to the bank and ask for the loan again. This time don’t come away empty-handed.
                        
                        
 
                        
                            McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs