fall by the wayside

1. Fail to continue, drop out, as in At first she did well on the tour, but with all the pressure she soon fell by the wayside. This phrase appeared in William Tyndale's translation of the New Testament (1526; Luke 8:5).

Example Sentences

Certain plot points are overexplained; others are left to fall by the wayside.

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Over the years, many multipolar efforts have fallen by the wayside, including the Non-Aligned Movement, the New International Economic Order, the Group of 77 and the World Social Forum.

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Race and ethnicity fell by the wayside, he wrote, while creedal elements remained strong.

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Will a mission have to fall by the wayside as well?

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“Sometimes you end up trying too hard, and things sort of fall by the wayside or get eaten up by the try-hardness of it all,” Harjo said.

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