drop by the wayside
verbcandidate·updated Jun 3, 2026
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope
MWE
Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Automation
Unclassified—trigger_default_value
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Variants
- synonym
- give up
- pasttense
- dropped by the wayside
- presentparticiple
- dropping by the wayside
- thirdpersonsingular
- drops by the wayside
- pastparticiple
- dropped by the wayside