Sekirov Dictionary

fall by the wayside

/ˈfɔːl baɪ ðə ˈweɪsaɪd/

verb1

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To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.
- The boy and girl taking their cue from us also fail to put "first things first" and we find them falling by the wayside because our sense of relative values failed to function. — 1926

forms

fell by the wayside · fallen by the wayside · falling by the wayside · falls by the wayside

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