phrasal verb · neutral
go nowhere
UK/ɡəʊ ˈnəʊweə(r)/US/ɡoʊ ˈnoʊwer/GO·NO·where
to fail to make progress; to lead to no result or success
Examples
“The negotiations went nowhere because neither side would compromise.”
“Our proposal went nowhere after the funding was cut.”
“Spending hours arguing online often goes nowhere.”
Band 8 sentence
“We held five meetings about the budget but the talks kept going nowhere because the priorities were unclear.”
Collocations
- go nowhere + negotiations/discussion/plan
Word family
Common mistakes
The negotiation went any where.→The negotiation went nowhere.
Our efforts were going no where.→Our efforts were going nowhere.
Say it for a higher band
5fail→6be fruitless→7+go nowhere
Synonyms
lead nowhere
be fruitless
Easily confused
go in circles
“We kept going in circles during the meeting and achieved nothing.”
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