waysidenoun
uk/ˈweɪ.saɪd/us/ˈweɪ.saɪd/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
Falling and dropping
- ass
- ass over teakettle idiom
- collapse
- collapse/fall in a heap idiom
- cropper
- crumple
- drop
- drop like flies idiom
- drop sb/sth off
- fly
- hit the deck idiom
- let go idiom
- nosedive
- overbalance
- parachutist
- plunge
- pratfall
- put sth/sb down
- shower
- thump
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