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go by the wayside

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go by the wayside

To be discarded, ignored, rejected, or set aside in favor of other considerations or more urgent matters. With the war in the Middle East intensifying, the president's plan for environmental reform has increasingly gone by the wayside.

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go by the wayside

To be set aside or discarded because of other considerations.

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