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

to fail to keep on doing something

antonyms : enter

to not have the same importance or urgency as something else

Examples

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.