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drop by the wayside |
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drop by the wayside and fall by the wayside 1. Lit. to leave a march or procession in exhaustion to recover beside the pathway. A few of the marchers dropped by the wayside in the intense heat. 2. Fig. to fail to keep up with others. Many of the students will drop by the wayside and never finish. Those who fall by the wayside will find it hard to catch up. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Some of the firms that have been around a long time that don't have sturdy legs may drop by the wayside. Through the last seven years we've seen them drop by the wayside because, while they all had parts of the equation for success, they could not put all of the elements together. As new species and technologies appear, one would assume their primitive ancestors drop by the wayside, right? |
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