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comes up empty
phrase
present tense third-person singular of come up empty
Synonyms & Antonyms of comes up empty
to be unsuccessful
- We searched for a viable candidate but came up empty.
Synonyms for comes up empty
- bombs,
- collapses,
- craters,
- fails,
- flames out,
- flops,
- flunks,
- folds,
- founders,
- misses,
- strikes out,
- tanks,
- washes out
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“Comes up empty.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/comes%20up%20empty. Accessed 17 Jan. 2022.
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