come to nothing

Idioms and Phrases

Also, come to naught . Fail, as in All his efforts have come to nothing , or The last round of peace talks came to naught . The first term dates from the mid-1500s, the variant from the early 1600s.

Related Words

• baffle
• deceive
• disconcert
• disenchant
• dishearten
• disillusion
• dissatisfy
• dumbfound
• fail
• hamper
• mislead