to fall by the wayside

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01

to fail to keep on doing something

to [fall|drop] by the wayside definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Many of her colleagues had fallen by the wayside.
02

to not have the same importance or urgency as something else

Idiom
Informal
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
When the company faced financial difficulties, several projects had to be discontinued, and some employees fell by the wayside as a result of downsizing.
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