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drop by the wayside

/ drop by the wayside /
verb

Definitions & Examples

verb Sense 1
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat
"In the second round, the challenger gave up"
Opposites:
enter participate
Derived:
quitter
Usage Patterns:
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s something with something
Somebody ----s somebody into V-ing something
Semantic Complexity
35%
Sense Count
1
Total Synonyms
0
Total Relationships
3
Times Searched
3
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