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Discover LudwigThe phrase "coming to nothing" is correct and usable in written English
You typically use it when you want to refer to something that has not worked out or has been unsuccessful in some way. For example, "His hard work eventually came to nothing when he was laid off from his job."
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The 24-year-old was a back-up buy for United this summer, with United's interest in Juventus' Artuto Vidal and Sporting Lisbon's William Carvalho coming to nothing.
As an architect, you get asked to do design after design, competition after competition, and you're used to ambitious projects coming to nothing.
His ex-wife has taken up with the manager of the local Pizza Hut and his attempts to woo her back are coming to nothing.
Companies file you all the time, often coming to nothing, yet you still mystify us for some reason.
Wednesday's Sergiu Bus then collected the ball but failed to play in teammate Chris Maguire, a two-on-one situation coming to nothing.
Dundee's Iain Davidson headed over from a corner and, with the visitors' best chance of the half coming to nothing, Saints held the advantage at the end of a 45-minute spell in which they lost Callum Davidson to injury.
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