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单词 fall by the wayside
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fall by the wayside

If someone falls by the wayside, they fail to finish an activity, and if something falls by the wayside, people stop doing it, making it, or using it:

So why does one company survive a recession while its competitors fall by the wayside?

Thesaurus: synonyms and related words

Stop having or doing something

  • abdicate
  • bail out
  • bandh
  • break with sth
  • butt out
  • cede
  • drop
  • fly
  • ghost
  • give (sth) up
  • give sb up
  • give sth up as a bad job idiom
  • give up on sb/sth
  • give up sth
  • grow
  • subjugate
  • take a back seat idiom
  • throw (sth) up
  • throw in the towel idiom 1
  • towel

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fall by the wayside

to no longer be active or successful:

I've seen a lot of bands split up and fall by the wayside.
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