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idiomfall/go by the waysideused in order to say that someone has failed to achieve what was expected, or that something has failed because it is no longer being given any attention:The training programme is very tough, and more than half of the trainees have fallen by the wayside before the end of the first year.Our game plan fell by the wayside in the second half - we didn't have a chance.Because most schools don't have specially trained PE teachers, Physical Education really goes by the wayside.
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