What does go for nothing mean?

go for nothing

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Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.41 in modern English

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To have no value, or carry no weight with someone.

"Is not your friend's business your own business? What does friendship mean if it is not so? And when I tell you that it is my business, mine of right, does that go for nothing with you?"
"And I tell you they are promises that go for nothing."

goes for nothing (present, singular) going for nothing (participle, present) went for nothing (past) gone for nothing (participle, past)

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