"come to nought" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comes to nought",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming to nought",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came to nought",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come to nought",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "come<,,came,come> to nought"
      },
      "expansion": "come to nought (third-person singular simple present comes to nought, present participle coming to nought, simple past came to nought, past participle come to nought)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nought if the U.S. Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fail completely; to have no successful result."
      ],
      "id": "en-come_to_nought-en-verb-LYP5oe2y",
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To fail completely; to have no successful result."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "bring to nought"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "come to nothing"
        },
        {
          "word": "come to naught"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "audio": "en-au-come to nought.ogg",
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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b7/En-au-come_to_nought.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "come to nought"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "comes to nought",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "coming to nought",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "came to nought",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "come to nought",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "come<,,came,come> to nought"
      },
      "expansion": "come to nought (third-person singular simple present comes to nought, present participle coming to nought, simple past came to nought, past participle come to nought)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bring to nought"
    }
  ],
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        "English idioms",
        "English intransitive verbs",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "The Bank of England's anti-inflation efforts will come to nought if the U.S. Federal Reserve refuse to join in the plan.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fail completely; to have no successful result."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "successful",
          "successful"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic, intransitive) To fail completely; to have no successful result."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic",
        "intransitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
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      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "come to nothing"
    },
    {
      "word": "come to naught"
    }
  ],
  "word": "come to nought"
}