- the area at the side of a road or path
- a wayside inn
- wild flowers growing by the wayside
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See wayside in the Oxford Advanced American Dictionaryfall by the wayside
- to fail or be unable to make progress
- Many clubs fall by the wayside for financial reasons.
- Proposals for the new service fell by the wayside through lack of public support.
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