phrasal verb · neutral
get nowhere
UK/ɡet ˈnəʊweə/US/ɡet ˈnoʊwɛr/get NO·where
speakingtask2
to make no progress; to fail to achieve a result
Examples
“After an hour of arguing we were getting nowhere.”
“I tried to explain my idea to the boss but I got nowhere.”
“Negotiations got nowhere because both sides refused to budge.”
Band 8 sentence
“I tried to mediate between the two teams, but the discussion quickly got nowhere because both were so entrenched in their positions.”
Collocations
- get nowhere with
- be getting nowhere
Word family
get / got / gotten verb
Common mistakes
go nowhere→get nowhere
get no where→get nowhere
Say it for a higher band
5fail→6go nowhere→7+get nowhere
Synonyms
make no progress
go nowhere
Easily confused
go nowhere
“The project went nowhere because funding was cut.”
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