come to nought
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editcome to nought (third-person singular simple present comes to nought, present participle coming to nought, simple past came to nought, past participle come to nought)
- (idiomatic, intransitive) To fail completely; to have no successful result.
- The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nought if the U.S. Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.
- 2024 May 15, Greg Morse, “West Coast electric... all the way”, in RAIL, number 1009, page 41:
- As he pointed out, however, there was "still more to come". By 1977-78, "the use of the first Advanced Passenger Trains will reduce journey times between London and Glasgow to four hours". It was a grand statement of optimism that would sadly come to nought.
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editcome to nothing — see come to nothing