fall / go / drop by the wayside

/fˈɔːl ɡˌəʊ dɹˈɒp baɪ ðə wˈeɪsaɪd/

/fˈɔːl ɡˌoʊ dɹˈɑːp baɪ ðə wˈeɪsaɪd/

to fall / go / drop by the wayside

quedarse a medio camino

to fail to keep on doing something

antónimos : enter

Ejemplos

1. But the losers have gone by the wayside.

2. Many of her colleagues had fallen by the wayside.

3. The federal government paid for 90% of that, the states covered the final 10 and rail fell by the wayside.

4. Local residents protested so strongly that plans for a new motorway fell by the wayside.