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go for nothing

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go for nothing 
1. Lit. [for something] to be done for no purpose. All our work went for nothing. Our efforts at helping out went for nothing.
2. Fig. [for something] to be sold for a very low price. This merchandise can go for nothing; let's just clear it out at 90 percent off. I don't want this good stuff to just go for nothing.
See also: nothing


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I'd hate to see all that work in the offseason and out here on the field and with (offensive line coach) Dante (Scarnecchia) go for nothing.
If you have no desire to be cured, all the efforts of all the interventionists in the world will go for nothing.
So all the fancy lighting, swift scene changes, raunchy dialogue go for nothing.
 
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