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come to nothing

 and come to naught

to amount to nothing; to be worthless. So all my hard work comes to nothing. Yes, the whole project comes to naught.

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come to nothing

Also, come to naught. Fail, as in All his efforts have come to nothing, or The last round of peace talks came to naught. The first term dates from the mid-1500s, the variant from the early 1600s.

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