"go nowhere" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes nowhere",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going nowhere",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went nowhere",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone nowhere",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> nowhere"
      },
      "expansion": "go nowhere (third-person singular simple present goes nowhere, present participle going nowhere, simple past went nowhere, past participle gone nowhere)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This project is going nowhere.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The negotiations went nowhere.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fail to progress, to fail to attain a favorable result or outcome."
      ],
      "id": "en-go_nowhere-en-verb-ZYuwFZTi",
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "favorable",
          "favorable"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ],
        [
          "outcome",
          "outcome"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To fail to progress, to fail to attain a favorable result or outcome."
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "tread water"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "go nowhere fast"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-go nowhere.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-go_nowhere.ogg/En-au-go_nowhere.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-go_nowhere.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go nowhere"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "goes nowhere",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "going nowhere",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "went nowhere",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gone nowhere",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "go<goes,,went,gone> nowhere"
      },
      "expansion": "go nowhere (third-person singular simple present goes nowhere, present participle going nowhere, simple past went nowhere, past participle gone nowhere)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tread water"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with audio links",
        "English terms with usage examples",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "text": "This project is going nowhere.",
          "type": "example"
        },
        {
          "text": "The negotiations went nowhere.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To fail to progress, to fail to attain a favorable result or outcome."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "fail",
          "fail"
        ],
        [
          "progress",
          "progress"
        ],
        [
          "favorable",
          "favorable"
        ],
        [
          "result",
          "result"
        ],
        [
          "outcome",
          "outcome"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To fail to progress, to fail to attain a favorable result or outcome."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "audio": "en-au-go nowhere.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/0/00/En-au-go_nowhere.ogg/En-au-go_nowhere.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/00/En-au-go_nowhere.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "Australia"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (AU)"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "go nowhere fast"
    }
  ],
  "word": "go nowhere"
}