go for nothing
English
editVerb
editgo for nothing (third-person singular simple present goes for nothing, present participle going for nothing, simple past went for nothing, past participle gone for nothing)
- To have no value, or carry no weight with someone.
- 1867, Anthony Trollope, The Last Chronicle of Barset:
- Is not your friend's business your own business? What does friendship mean if it is not so? And when I tell you that it is my business, mine of right, does that go for nothing with you?
- 1926, Alessandro Manzoni, The Betrothed (I Promessi Sposi), page 333:
- And I tell you they are promises that go for nothing.