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wither on the vine
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wither on the vine (British, American & Australian, literary, American & Australian, literary)

if something withers on the vine, it is destroyed very gradually, usually because no one does anything to help or support it. Plans to create cheap housing for the poor seem doomed to wither on the vine.

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with regard to
with respect to
with strings
with tail between legs
with teacher's/lawyer's hat on
with the best of them
with the best will in the world

wither
wither on the vine
within
within a whisker of
within an inch of life
within means
within reach
within reason

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