"bring to nought" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "brings to nought",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bringing to nought",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brought to nought",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brought to nought",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
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      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 178:",
          "text": "Mr. Rattray remarks on the fine spirit of the men, even when faced with the disappointment of seeing their efforts brought to nought by subsequent storms.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mar; to thwart."
      ],
      "id": "en-bring_to_nought-en-verb-ttcn2sFt",
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        [
          "mar",
          "mar"
        ],
        [
          "thwart",
          "thwart"
        ]
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        "(idiomatic, transitive) To mar; to thwart."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "come to nought"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "bring to naught"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
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  "word": "bring to nought"
}

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    {
      "form": "brings to nought",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bringing to nought",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brought to nought",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "brought to nought",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "bring<,,brought> to nought"
      },
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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    {
      "word": "come to nought"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1941 April, “Notes and News: Railwaymen and Snow”, in Railway Magazine, page 178:",
          "text": "Mr. Rattray remarks on the fine spirit of the men, even when faced with the disappointment of seeing their efforts brought to nought by subsequent storms.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To mar; to thwart."
      ],
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        [
          "mar",
          "mar"
        ],
        [
          "thwart",
          "thwart"
        ]
      ],
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        "(idiomatic, transitive) To mar; to thwart."
      ],
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        "idiomatic",
        "transitive"
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  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "bring to naught"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bring to nought"
}