Idiom
lead nowhere
Meaning
to have no purpose, to result in nothing.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“These long arguments lead nowhere.”
“We spent hours discussing the plan, but it became clear that our ideas would lead nowhere.”
“The investigation into the missing funds seemed to lead nowhere, leaving the detectives frustrated by the lack of credible evidence.”
Examples
simple
“These long arguments lead nowhere.”
contextual
“We spent hours discussing the plan, but it became clear that our ideas would lead nowhere.”
complex
“The investigation into the missing funds seemed to lead nowhere, leaving the detectives frustrated by the lack of credible evidence.”
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