Speakur

Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

come to nothing

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.34 in modern English

Syllables
come -to noth-ing
IPA
21
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
3
Syllables
9
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

To fail completely; to have no result.

Example Sentences

Inflected Forms

comes to nothing (present, singular) coming to nothing (participle, present) came to nothing (past)

Synonyms

come to nought die in the ass go to shit

Questions

What does come to nothing mean?
To fail completely; to have no result.

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