wayside

[wey-sahyd]

noun

1. the side of the way; ways; land immediately adjacent to a road, highway, path, etc.; roadside.

adjective

1. being, situated, or found at or along the wayside.

   a wayside inn.

wayside

/ ˈweɪˌsaɪd /

noun

1. 1. the side or edge of a road

   2. (modifier) situated by the wayside

      a wayside inn

2. to cease or fail to continue doing something

   of the nine starters, three fell by the wayside

3. to be put aside on account of something more urgent

Word History and Origins

Origin of wayside¹

Middle English word dating back to 1350–1400; way ¹, side ¹

Idioms and Phrases

see fall by the wayside.

Example Sentences

It’s the one that can go by the wayside.

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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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"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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It caused scoring opportunities to carelessly, and repeatedly, go frustatingly by the wayside.

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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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