went for nothing

Verb

go for nothing (third-person singular simple present goes for nothing, present participle going for nothing, simple past went for nothing, past participle gone for nothing)

1. To have no value, or carry no weight with someone.
   • Is not your friend's business your own business? What does friendship mean if it is not so? And when I tell you that it is my business, mine of right, does that go for nothing with you?1867, Anthony Trollope, The Last Chronicle of Barset