come to nothing en · VERB
Pronunciation
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Meanings
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(idiomatic) To fail completely; to have no result.
Yet another road/railer trial that came to nothing.
2022 May 18, Peter Robinson, “Rail freight: innovations... and failures”, in RAIL, number 957, page 54, photo caption:Another scheme for electrifying the Swansea & Mumbles also dates from 1898, and was connected with the proposal for the Gower Light Railway from Black Pill to Port Eynon, which came to nothing.
1954 August, Charles E. Lee, “The Swansea & Mumbles Railway 150th Anniversary Celebrations”, in Railway Magazine, page 526:The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nothing if the US Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| came to nothing | Tense=Past | lexicographic | |
| coming to nothing | Tense=Pres, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| come to nothing | Tense=Past, VerbForm=Part | lexicographic | |
| comes to nothing | Number=Sing, Person=3, Tense=Pres | lexicographic |
Synonyms
die in the ass · go to shit · come to nought
Translations (28)
cmn 不了了之 (fail; have no result) · la pereō (fail; have no result) · mi takahē (fail; have no result) · io abortar (fail; have no result) · az hədər getmək (fail; have no result) · hu kútba esik (fail; have no result) · fi mennä hukkaan (fail; have no result) · cmn 毫無結果 /毫无结果 (fail; have no result) · sv gå om intet (fail; have no result) · de zu nichts führen (fail; have no result) · de im Sande verlaufen (fail; have no result) · sv gå i stöpet (fail; have no result) · pl nie prowadzić do niczego (fail; have no result) · es quedar en nada (fail; have no result) · az heç olmaq (fail; have no result) · fr ne servir à rien (fail; have no result) · cmn 化為烏有 /化为乌有 (fail; have no result) · az heçə çıxmaq (fail; have no result) · sv rinna ut i sanden (fail; have no result) · ru ни к чему́ не привести́ (fail; have no result) · hu füstbe megy (fail; have no result) · cs vyjít naprázdno (fail; have no result) · es salir huero (fail; have no result) · cs přijít vniveč (fail; have no result) · es quedar en agua de borrajas (fail; have no result) · de es zu nichts bringen (fail; have no result) · es no servir para nada (fail; have no result) · cmn 失敗 /失败 (fail; have no result)