Idiom
come to nothing
Meaning
To fail completely; to have no result.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“All his hard work came to nothing.”
“We spent months planning the event, but the bad weather meant all our efforts came to nothing.”
“Despite the grand promises made during the initial negotiations, the entire project ultimately came to nothing when the funding was suddenly withdrawn.”
Examples
simple
“All his hard work came to nothing.”
contextual
“We spent months planning the event, but the bad weather meant all our efforts came to nothing.”
complex
“Despite the grand promises made during the initial negotiations, the entire project ultimately came to nothing when the funding was suddenly withdrawn.”
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