Verb
come 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.
Evil will come to nought and will be completely destroyed. The divine, pure goodness will contain in itself every nature endowed with reason; nothing made by God is excluded from his kingdom once everything mixed with some elements of base material has been consumed by refinement in fire. Gregory of Nyssa
Shun delays, they breed remorse; Take thy time while time is lent thee; Creeping snails have weakest force, Fly their fault lest thou repent thee. Good is best when soonest wrought, Linger'd labours come to nought. Robert Southwell
Be frustrate, all ye stratagems of Hell, And devilish machinations come to nought. John Milton