Away
Away adjective - Not close in time or space.
Empty
Empty adjective - Lacking contents that could or should be present.
Both words in one sentence
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To enable an agent to slip away and empty a dead drop or meet an asset, two agents would be in a car and as it turned a corner, one agent would jump out and a dummy on a spring contraption would pop up in the car seat.
Source: Sleeping Dummy -
In The Shadow pulps, the Shadow is terrible about tossing away his automatics whenever they're empty.
Source: Throw-Away Guns - Zenigata kicks his empty beer can away, distracting the intruder long enough to subdue them; he pulls off the mask to discover a beautiful woman!
Source: Recap / Lupin IIIS 2 E 69
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