come to nought

To be totally unsuccessful or amount to nothing. ("Nought" is a variant spelling of "naught.") Our efforts to keep the farm came to nought in the end. All those hours I spent researching my graduate thesis have come to nought.

See also: come, to

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come to naught
get off light
get off lightly
get off/be let off lightly
research into
research into (someone or something)
all good things must (come to an) end
All good things must end
run on fumes
run on empty

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I sincerely hope that this is not another of Mayor Mallon's visions that come to nought.

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Without them, all the effort at self-funding will come to nought. Not only will the cost of debt spiral, but the amount of debt will assuredly be curtailed.

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