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come to naught en · VERB

Meanings

  1. (alt-of, alternative) Alternative form of come to nought.
    • The powers for the original line from Chingford to High Beech having been abandoned with the rest of the Loughton Branch Junction-High Beech line in 1869, another attempt was made in 1882, to extend the line three miles into the heart of the Forest. […] Unfortunately, this scheme also came to naught. 1952 December, 'Icarus', “The Chingford Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 793:

Forms

SpellingFeaturesLabelsSource
coming to naught Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
came to naught Tense=Past lexicographic
come to naught Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part lexicographic
comes to naught Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres lexicographic