come to naught

To be totally unsuccessful or amount to nothing. Our efforts to keep the farm came to naught in the end. All those hours I spent researching my graduate thesis have come to naught.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Kimmie	KIM-ee	English
Nicholas	NIK-ə-ləs (English), nee-ko-LAH (French)	English, French
Rozabela	ro-zah-BE-lah	Esperanto
Allegria	-	English (Rare)
Ozihel	-	Biblical Latin
Boguslav	-	Medieval Slavic