go nowhere

idiom

: to make no progress
The research is going nowhere.
We're going nowhere fast.

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Up-front pricing transparency on the venders’ Knot profile pages could potentially eliminate some of these leads that go nowhere and this mutually assured destruction of one another’s time. The New Yorker, New Yorker, 5 May 2025 Given the enormous political headwinds now facing the ICC, the case against Israel may go nowhere. Boyd Van Dijk, Foreign Affairs, 30 Apr. 2025 No two settlements connected by road, once landed, the invaders would go nowhere. Tom Rogers, MSNBC Newsweek, 29 Apr. 2025 Talks are on a case-by-case basis, which sets the stage for higher apparel prices later this year if the request for price concessions go nowhere. Vicki M. Young, Sourcing Journal, 12 Mar. 2025 See All Example Sentences for go nowhere

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“Go nowhere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20nowhere. Accessed 22 May. 2025.

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