come to naught

English

Verb

come to naught (third-person singular simple present comes to naught, present participle coming to naught, simple past came to naught, past participle come to naught)

1. Alternative form of come to nought
   • 1952 December, 'Icarus', “The Chingford Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 793:

     The powers for the original line from Chingford to High Beech having been abandoned with the rest of the Loughton Branch Junction-High Beech line in 1869, another attempt was made in 1882, to extend the line three miles into the heart of the Forest. […] Unfortunately, this scheme also came to naught.