"come to naught" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "came to naught",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "ref": "1952 December, 'Icarus', “The Chingford Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 793:",
          "text": "The powers for the original line from Chingford to High Beech having been abandoned with the rest of the Loughton Branch Junction-High Beech line in 1869, another attempt was made in 1882, to extend the line three miles into the heart of the Forest. […] Unfortunately, this scheme also came to naught.",
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        "Alternative form of come to nought"
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  "word": "come to naught"
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    {
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      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
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    },
    {
      "form": "came to naught",
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        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come to naught",
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      "name": "en-verb"
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          "ref": "1952 December, 'Icarus', “The Chingford Branch”, in Railway Magazine, page 793:",
          "text": "The powers for the original line from Chingford to High Beech having been abandoned with the rest of the Loughton Branch Junction-High Beech line in 1869, another attempt was made in 1882, to extend the line three miles into the heart of the Forest. […] Unfortunately, this scheme also came to naught.",
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