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Idioms about hollow
beat all hollow, to surpass or outdo completely: His performance beat the others all hollow.Also beat hollow.
Origin of hollow
OTHER WORDS FROM hollow
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How to use hollow in a sentence
British Dictionary definitions for hollow
Derived forms of hollow
hollowly, adverbhollowness, nounWord Origin for hollow
C12: from holu, inflected form of Old English holh cave; related to Old Norse holr, German hohl; see hole
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Other Idioms and Phrases with hollow
hollow
see beat the pants off (hollow).
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