wayside

Definition

  • noun: the land next to a road or path
  • noun: the side of or land adjacent to a road or path
  • often used before another noun
  • synonyms: roadside

Examples

  • We were going to redo the kitchen this spring, but those plans have 'fallen/gone by the wayside'. [=we have dropped/abandoned those plans]

  • traditions that are 'falling by the wayside'

  • Flowers grew along the 'wayside'.

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