drop by the wayside

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drop by the wayside - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

  drop by the wayside
      v 1: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit
           defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up" [syn:
           drop out, give up, fall by the wayside, drop by the wayside
           , throw in, throw in the towel, quit, chuck up the sponge
           ] [ant: enter, participate]