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.
See also: come

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Justinajus-TEE-nə (English)English, Slovene, Czech, Lithuanian, Late Roman
Girolamo-Italian
TonyTON-eeEnglish
Vissarion-Russian, Greek
Ji-Yujee-yooKorean
OrvilleAWR-vilEnglish