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Fall by the wayside

verb

Give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat. Synonyms: chuck up the sponge, drop by the wayside, drop out, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel. Antonym: enter.

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"Fall by the wayside" Quotes from Famous Books

... in the road which do not belong there, boulders which cause hundreds of the pilgrims who are lame or blind or burdened, to fall by the wayside and perish. ...

— The Heart of the New Thought • Ella Wheeler Wilcox

... we'll need new recruits right along. You know that some of the boys will fall by the wayside soon after the novelty has worn off," remarked wise Paul, who delighted in studying human nature as ...

— The Banner Boy Scouts - Or, The Struggle for Leadership • George A. Warren

... much better to start for nowhere and get there than to start for somewhere and fall by the wayside. Just keep going, and the machine will carry ...

— Two Thousand Miles On An Automobile • Arthur Jerome Eddy