come to nought
come to nought · comes to nought · came to nought · come to nought · coming to nought
To fail completely; to have no successful resultTo fail completely; to have no successful result.
Meaning
1 senses(idiomatic)To fail completely; to have no successful result.
The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nought if the U.S. Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.
Forms
comes to nought, coming to nought, came to nought, come to nought| Base form | come to nought · to come to nought |
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| 3rd person singular | comes to nought |
| Present participle | coming to nought |
| Past simple | came to nought |
| Past participle | come to nought |
irregular · Lesson
Synonyms
1 synonymsLessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.