go nowhere

idiom

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

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The best-case scenario for the Mavericks this season is to make the NBA’s play-in round, where the team will go nowhere. Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Jan. 2026 The recent move by Washington to limit purchases of single-family rentals by large institutional investors won’t move the needle much on home pricing, and the announcement might go nowhere. Brad Hunter, Forbes.com, 7 Jan. 2026 Those email chains that go nowhere? Brendan Keegan, Rolling Stone, 6 Nov. 2025 But there’s a catch: most of those AI projects go nowhere. Kellie Romack, Fortune, 29 Oct. 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 15 Feb. 2026.

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