Empty
Let out
Let out verb - Express audibly; utter sounds (not necessarily words).
Both terms in one sentence
- This may or may not be accompanied by meowing and is usually a matter of the food/water bowl being empty, or needing to be let out.
Source: Useful Notes / Cat Communication - Then, to drive home how bad things have gotten at East Side High over the last 20 years, Sams is yelling urgently to be let out, yet a janitor walking down the empty hallway (the school day had just ended) completely ignores him.
Source: Film / Lean on Me
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