come to nothing

Verb

Meaning

come to nothing (third-person singular simple present comes to nothing, present participle coming to nothing, simple past came to nothing, past participle come to nothing)

(idiomatic) To fail completely; to have no result.
The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nothing if the US Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.

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If our best efforts come to nothing often enough, we need consolation, and thoughts of unfolding, infinite destiny, or karma, are sometimes consoling. Simon Blackburn

For better or worse, intelligence can come to nothing when emotions hold sway. Daniel Goleman

To come to nothing through something is the way to outside from both sides. Dejan Stojanovic

What are prophecies? Don't we hear them every day of the week? And if one comes true there may be seven blind and come to nothing. Lady Gregory

All those efforts will come to nothing if each season a new wave of invasives rides in on visiting boats. Source: Internet

Bless those in whom the earnest yearning for justice still lingers in the face of mounting evidence that it will come to nothing in the end – like the Norse gods who valiantly prevailed in the face of certain doom… Source: Internet

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