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Значение идиомы fall by the wayside
[fall by the wayside] also [drop by the wayside] {v. phr.} To giveup or fail before the finish.
The boys tried to make a 50-milehike, but most of them fell by the wayside.
George, Harry, andJohn entered college to become teachers, but Harry and John fell bythe wayside, and only George graduated.
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