come to nothing
End without result
To come to nothing is to fail or produce no result after effort or anticipation.
Plans, hopes, negotiations, or relationships come to nothing when they ultimately yield nothing of value: All our preparations came to nothing when the event was canceled.
The merger talks came to nothing.
- fizzleFail after promising start
- failBe unsuccessful
- flopComplete commercial failure
- miscarryFail to reach completion
- dissolveDisperse into liquid
go nowhere · evaporate · fall flat · founder · run aground · misfire · peter out · fruitless · collapse · abort · futile · pie in the sky · debacle · break down · fiasco · lead nowhere · dead end · downfall
come to nothingsucceed
Achieve a desired aim
pay off · work out · bear fruit · pan out · come off
come to nothingmaterialize
Become physically present
come to pass · take shape · come into being · come true · actualize
come, welcome, become, nothing, coming, income, overcome, becoming, outcome