go nowhere

idiom

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

Examples of go nowhere in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web However, most such lawsuits go nowhere and are expensive. Robert W. Wood, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2024 Instead, however, the House focused on an impeachment that everyone knows will go nowhere in the Senate. Andy J. Semotiuk, Forbes, 16 Feb. 2024 That is not unusual in Mississippi, where allegations like those leveled against Sheriff Kemp often go nowhere, an investigation by The New York Times and the Mississippi Center for Investigative Reporting at Mississippi Today has found. Rachel Axon Rory Doyle For The New York Times, New York Times, 28 Dec. 2023 Antitrust action will go nowhere, because neither the courts nor policymakers will have the courage to attempt to break up the largest tech companies. Daron Acemoglu, WIRED, 10 Jan. 2024 Just like last year's info card experiment, this homepage test could go nowhere and might never see a wide launch. Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 13 Oct. 2023 Sometimes your longstanding projects that go nowhere can still be the most satisfying. Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 28 Dec. 2023 This is another bit of whining that will go nowhere. Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 20 Oct. 2023 The result is that each year, imaginative new programs and initiatives go nowhere for an unpredictable period. Robert M. Gates, Foreign Affairs, 29 Sep. 2023

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“Go nowhere.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20nowhere. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.

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