come to nought
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come to nought
verb comes to nought · coming to nought · came to nought · come to nought · come to naught
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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.
Similar: come to nothing
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