His effort to help her will come to naught.
The government's financial difficulties have made the plan come to naught.
His business has gone bankrupt, and his efforts in twenty years have come to naught.
If they don't, everything will come to naught and things will go on as before.
He was unwilling to put any effort into anything now because in the past all his efforts had come to naught.
However, the "East India Company" launched a campaign to defend its interests, and finally defeated the French, making its dream of establishing an Empire come to naught.
Yingbu's rebellion not only made the idea of complete submission of the South Vietnamese state come to naught, but also made Liu Bang himself embark on the road of Huangquan.
