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View definitions for empty suit

empty suit

noun as in paper tiger

noun as in straw man

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Remember his summer blitz of attack ads about Obama being an empty suit, a celebrity and a pretty face and all that?

And far from defining him as an empty suit, it suggests he is one filled with both hubris and sanctimony.

Ali had devised a method of protection for the empty suit the Medic would wear—had that held?

I open the case—I take out the collar—I place it gently on the porch railing—and I take the empty suit-case into the house.

We furnished him with an empty suit-case, and, from the window, watched him making for Mitre Court at a smart double.

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On this page you'll find 12 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to empty suit, such as: hollow man, man of straw, petty tyrant, straw man, and tin god.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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