to no avail(2)

to no avail(2)
{adv. phr.}, {formal} Without result; unsuccessfully. * /John tried to pull the heavy cart, but to no avail./ * /Mary studied hard for the test but to no avail./ Compare: IN VAIN.

Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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