get nowhere

US /ɡet ˈnoʊ.wer/

UK /ɡet ˈnoʊ.wer/

1.

to make no progress or achieve no success

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We've been discussing this for an hour and we're still getting nowhere.

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If you keep arguing like this, you'll get nowhere.

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make no headway fail be unsuccessful achieve nothing come to nothing

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nowhere nowhere near go nowhere out of nowhere (in) the middle of nowhere get get on