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	Pronounced	Usage
Reyhan	-	Turkish, Uyghur
Hieronymus	hee-RO-nee-muws (German)	German, Dutch (Archaic), Ancient Greek (Latinized)
Ballester	['bælistə]
Giorgia	JOR-jah	Italian
BÉRengÈRe	-	French
Dagney	-	Various