come to nothing
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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.
- 2022 May 18, Peter Robinson, “Rail freight: innovations... and failures”, in RAIL, number 957, page 54, photo caption:
- Yet another road/railer trial that came to nothing.
Synonyms[edit]
- come to nought
- die in the ass (vulgar, slang)
- go to shit (vulgar, slang)
Translations[edit]
fail; have no result
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