: out of consideration : into a condition of neglect or disuse—usually used with fall
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Flowers grew along the wayside.
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But even so, times are changing, and certain social mores and rules have fallen by the wayside.—Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 16 Aug. 2025 While an association with a former mayor might once have been a selling point, any kind of glamour the place once had has surely fallen by the wayside in recent years.—Kim Velsey, Curbed, 14 Aug. 2025 As to enforcement, Honk asked the California Highway Patrol’s headquarters in Sacramento what its officers will do on Oct. 1 and beyond should the decal program fall by the wayside.—Jim Radcliffe, Oc Register, 8 Aug. 2025 The fourth amendment will fall by the wayside, if the government can search not only our persons and our homes, but our minds without a warrant.—Vipin Bharathan, Forbes.com, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for wayside
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