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View synonyms for get nowhere

get nowhere



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Idioms and Phrases

Also, not get anywhere . Make no progress, as in I've tried to put this together, but I'm getting nowhere with it . This expression is sometimes intensified as get nowhere fast , as in I tried phoning but got nowhere fast . [Early 1900s] Also see get somewhere ; get there .
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Example Sentences

What a fool he was, to bother his head with such get-nowhere questions!

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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023

Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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