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

“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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"Somehow we've managed not to fall by the wayside," said Simon, whose family sold the dairy farm not long after the pandemic, making the theme park the couple's main source of income.

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A Facebook post by the bride did not provide any answers either, and as time passed trying to solve the mystery fell by the wayside.

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These threats have not yet materialised, and even warnings of unspecified "consequences" for Russia's aggression in Ukraine appear to have fallen by the wayside.

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Four long days of painstaking concentration, trials and tribulations as rivals fall by the wayside - all for the chance to witness this kind of compelling climax.

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