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drop by the wayside

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Verb1.drop by the wayside - give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat; "In the second round, the challenger gave up"
chuck up the sponge, drop out, fall by the wayside, throw in the towel, throw in, give up, quit


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Some of the firms that have been around a long time that don't have sturdy legs may drop by the wayside.
REVAMP SQUEEZES OUT LONGTIME BUSINESSES by Daily News (Los Angeles, CA)
Through the last seven years we've seen them drop by the wayside because, while they all had parts of the equation for success, they could not put all of the elements together.
Koo Koo Roo begins franchising chicken eateries; L.A.-based chain ... by Frook, John Evan / Los Angeles Business Journal
As new species and technologies appear, one would assume their primitive ancestors drop by the wayside, right?
Technology Review Names Ten Technologies That Refuse to Die by Business Wire
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