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come to nought
come to nought
To be totally unsuccessful or amount to nothing. Our efforts to keep the farm came to nought in the end. All those hours I spent researching my graduate thesis have come to nought.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
|---|
| Jing | | - | Chinese |
| Hubertus | | huy-BER-təs (Dutch) | Dutch, German, Ancient Germanic (Latinized) |
| Gia | | - | Italian |
| Miguel | | mee-GEL | Spanish, Portuguese |
| RÉGis | | - | French |
| Somsak | | - | Thai |