sink without trace

sink without (a) trace

1. To quickly and thoroughly fail. The new smartphone was meant to revolutionize the industry, but it sank without trace after its commercial release. After his initial breakout success, the director's follow-up film sank without a trace.
2. To be forgotten about by the population as a whole, especially after being very popular. The digital pets fad took the world by storm in the late 1990s, but sank without trace by the end of the millennium.
See also: sink, trace, without
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

sink without trace

1 disappear and not be seen or heard of again. 2 fail abjectly.
2 2003 Down Democrat Recently Paul Linehan's team sank without trace in the NCU Senior Cup, crushed by Division Two visitors Carrickfergus.
See also: sink, trace, without
Farlex Partner Idioms Dictionary
See also:
  • sink without (a) trace
  • sink, vanish, etc. without trace
  • sink like a stone
  • app
  • inch up
  • out of the closet
  • best of all worlds
  • leave (something or someone) standing
  • leave somebody/something standing
  • leave someone or something standing
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I think this idea will sink without trace. And so, at the next election, will the Liberal Democrats.
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Here's hoping that he does the sensible thing - lets this barmy notion sink without trace.
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It urges Hume to break off contact with Gerry Adams, leaving Sinn Fein to sink without trace.
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I suspect if not for the ongoing migration crisis, the Out brigade would sink without trace.
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