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come to nothing

verb

Definitions

  1. To fail completely

    To fail completely; to have no result.

    • The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nothing if the US Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.
    • Another scheme for electrifying the Swansea & Mumbles also dates from 1898, and was connected with the proposal for the Gower Light Railway from Black Pill to Port Eynon, which came to nothing.
    • Yet another road/railer trial that came to nothing.

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Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for come to nothing. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA