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
Vonda	-	English
Ewoud	AY-vowt, AY-wowt	Dutch
RenÉ	rə-NE (French)	French, German, Spanish, Slovak, Czech
Ashman	['æʃmən]
Torgeir	-	Norwegian
Gabrijela	-	Croatian