go for nothing

Idioms  

1. Be useless, serve no purpose. For example, He lost the case, so all our efforts on his behalf went for nothing. [Late 1500s] Also see go for, def. 2.

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go for nothing

PSG therefore want to sell the France forward now and secure a transfer fee rather than let him go for nothing.

From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2023

These women did not want all their suffering and loss to go for nothing, and they were urging men to fight on.

From New York Times ● Feb. 23, 2020

And, the franchise got a return for its asset instead of letting him go for nothing as an unrestricted free agent in July.

From Seattle Times ● Feb. 25, 2018

The Wizards won’t balk at matching the offer because Porter is really good, more valuable than his numbers, and they don’t have the salary cap flexibility to let him go for nothing.

From Washington Post ● Jul. 5, 2017

"Do you think it can ever go for nothing to have a friend like you—some one who believes in me?"

From The Little Missis by Charlotte Skinner