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Meaning: (idiomatic)Tofailto becompleted, particularly forlackofinterest; to beleft out, tosufferfromneglect.1843April 23, J[ohn]T. Sargent,A Cup of Blessing, or The Pastor’s Acknowledgment to His People in Return for Their Full Chalice, Boston, Mass.: Printed by Samuel N. Dickinson,→OCLC,page10:When I faint andfall by the waysideof my cares, it [a "cup of favor"] shall give me strength to bear up, as the refreshments of your sympathy seem to flow from its lip, and when I thirst, it shall be as one of the consecrated fountains of my relief.1877January, “Art. II.—1.‘The Frosty Caucasus;’ an Account of a Walk through Part of the Range and of an Ascent of Elbruz in the Summer of 1874.By F. C. Grove. London: 1875. 2.Travels in the Caucasus and Persia and Turkey in Asia.By Lieut. Baron Max Von Thielmann. Translated by C. Heneage, F.R.G.S. London: 1875. 3.The Crimea and Transcaucasia: Being the Narrative of a Journey in the Kouban, in Gouria, Georgia, Armenia, Ossety, Imeritia, Swannety, and Mingrelia.By Commander J. Buchan Telfer, R.N., F.R.G.S. London: 1876.[book review]”, inThe Edinburgh Review, or Critical Journal, American edition, volume CXLV, number CCXCVII, New York, N.Y.: Published by the Leonard Scott Publishing Company,[…],→OCLC,page31:The information given is so copious that the facts—archæological, ethnological, and so on—might, we think, have been grouped with advantage, at any rate to students, in special chapters, instead of being allowed tofall by the waysideas chance ordered.1903, Tom Collins [pseudonym;Joseph Furphy], “Wed. Jan. 9th. Trinidad Pad., per Sam Young. Conclave.”, inSuch is Life: Being Certain Extracts from the Diary of Tom Collins(Bulletin Library; 5), Sydney, N.S.W.:The Bulletin Newspaper Company,→OCLC, page198; republished London:Hogarth Press,1986,→ISBN,page247:Nature's precious link between a squalid Past and a nobler Future, broken, snatched away from her allotted place in the long chain of the ages! Heiress of infinite hope, and dowered with latent fitness to fulfil her part, now so suddenlyfallen by the wayside!1926December, Myrtle Hummer, “Abuse of the Competitive Element in the High School Program”, in James Huff McCurdy, editor,American Physical Education Review, volume XXXI, number 10 (number 222 overall), Springfield, Mass.:American Physical Education Association,→OCLC,page1154, column 2:The boy and girl taking their cue from us also fail to put "first things first" and we find themfalling by the waysidebecause our sense of relative values failed to function.1987, Richard R. Skemp, “The Idea of a Schema”, inThe Psychology of Learning Mathematics, expanded American edition, Hillsdale, N.J.:Lawrence Erlbaum Associates,→ISBN; reprinted New York, N.Y.; Abingdon, Oxfordshire:Routledge,2009,→ISBN,page33:At this stage the learner tries to master the new tasks by the only means known—memorizing the rule for each kind of problem. This task being now impossible, even the outward appearance of progress ceases, and, with accompanying distress, another pupilfalls by the wayside.1996, Kathryn Petras, Ross Petras, “Drama & Film of the World”, inWorld Access: The Handbook for Citizens of the Earth, New York, N.Y.: Fireside,Simon & Schuster,→ISBN,page379, column 2:[D]ying dramatic arts like Kabuki and No (or Noh) that have existed for years [...] arefalling by the waysidebecause of the onslaught of VCRs and the Hollywoodization of the dramatic arts.2009March 20,John Hamburg,Larry Levin,I Love You, Man, spoken by Robbie Klaven (Andy Samberg):Zooey, here's the deal. Peter's always been a girlfriend guy. He put all his focus and energy into his relationships, and all his dude friends justfell by the wayside.2011, David Campos, “Overview”, inJump Start Health!: Practical Ideas to Promote Wellness in Kids of All Ages, New York, N.Y.:Teachers College Press,→ISBN, part I (Coming to Terms with Childhood Obesity),page 5:Throughout the years, milk drinking hasfallen by the waysideas soda drinking has gained in popularity.2011, Sandra M. Chait, “Having the Last Word”, inSeeking Salaam: Ethiopians, Eritreans, and Somalis in the Pacific Northwest, Seattle, Wash.:University of Washington Press,→ISBN,page114:Given the absence of an accepted government that unites Somalis behind it, the question of Somali nationality and identityfalls by the wayside.2020January 2, Philip Haigh, “Ten eventful years and plenty of talking points”, inRail, page54:Planned orders for new trainsfell by the wayside, justified amid passenger figures that had fallen back following the recession of the late 2000s (caused by the banking crash).
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