go for nothing

[go for nothing] also {formal} [go for naught] {v. phr.}

To count for nothing; be useless; be wasted.

* /What the teacher said went for nothing because the pupils did not pay attention./

* /I hope that all your good work doesn't go for naught./

Compare: IN VAIN.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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