fall by the wayside
Fail to continue, drop out, as in At first she did well on the tour, but with all the pressure she soon fell by the wayside. This phrase appeared in William Tyndale's translation of the New Testament (1526; Luke 8:5).
Words nearby fall by the wayside
fall away,
fall back,
fall back on,
fall behind,
fall between the cracks,
fall by the wayside,
fall cankerworm,
fall down,
fall flat,
fall for,
fall from grace