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From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  fall by the wayside
       v : give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat;
           "In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn: drop
           out, give up, drop by the wayside, throw in, throw
           in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge] [ant: enter]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  fall by the wayside
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To fail#Verb to be complete#Verb, particularly for
  lack#Noun of interest#Noun; to be left out, to suffer from
  neglect#Noun.

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  fall by the wayside
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To fail#Verb to be complete#Verb, particularly for
  lack#Noun of interest#Noun; to be left out, to suffer from
  neglect#Noun.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  fall by the wayside
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To fail#Verb to be complete#Verb, particularly for
  lack#Noun of interest#Noun; to be left out, to suffer from
  neglect#Noun.

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  fall by the wayside
     vb.
     (lb en idiomatic) To fail#Verb to be complete#Verb, particularly for
  lack#Noun of interest#Noun; to be left out, to suffer from
  neglect#Noun.

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     迷入歧途,堕落,遭受失败

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