go nowhere

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go nowhere (fast)

to not progress. This debate is going nowhere — we're no closer to a solution than we were when it started. Chloe's job at the health department was going nowhere fast.

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"On the contrary, they would go nowhere," replied Ginger gloomily. The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context At last she grew desperate; she resolved that she would go nowhere and be at home to no one until she found a house, and broke the resolution in half an hour. Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context The pound and a half of sun-dried salmon, which was his ration for each day, seemed to go nowhere. The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context More results

References in classic literature

"On the contrary, they would go nowhere," replied Ginger gloomily.

The Original Peter Rabbit Books by Potter, Beatrix View in context

At last she grew desperate; she resolved that she would go nowhere and be at home to no one until she found a house, and broke the resolution in half an hour.

Howards End by Forster, E. M. View in context

The pound and a half of sun-dried salmon, which was his ration for each day, seemed to go nowhere.

The Call of the Wild by London, Jack View in context

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