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lead nowhere

lead nowhere verb: to have no purpose, to result in nothing.

Verb

lead nowhere (third-person singular simple present leads nowhere, present participle leading nowhere, simple past and past participle led nowhere)

  1. (idiomatic) to have no purpose, to result in nothing.

Forms of lead nowhere

third-person singular presentleads nowhere
present participleleading nowhere
past participleled nowhere
pastled nowhere

Questions about lead nowhere

What does lead nowhere mean?
Lead nowhere means to have no purpose, to result in nothing.
What part of speech is lead nowhere?
Lead nowhere is a verb.
What is the past tense of lead nowhere?
The past tense of lead nowhere is led nowhere.

Words near lead nowhere in the dictionary

  1. lead mills
  2. lead monoxide
  3. lead name
  4. lead names
  5. lead nitrate
  6. lead nowhere
  7. lead off
  8. lead offs
  9. lead on
  10. lead out
  11. lead outs

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