falling by the wayside

US /ˈfɔ:lɪŋ baɪ ðə ˈweɪˌsaɪd/

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UK /ˈfɔ:lɪŋ baɪ ðə ˈweɪsaɪd/

B2

idm.Failing to continue or succeed in a process or activity.

Many students fell by the wayside during the difficult course.

Video subtitles

The problem with this behavior is that we dedicate our existence walking the paths that people other than ourselves have laid out for us: this need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.
The problem with this behavior is that we dedicate our existence walking the paths that people other than ourselves have laid out for us: this need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.
This need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.
This need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.

US /ˈfɔ:lɪŋ baɪ ðə ˈweɪˌsaɪd/

・

UK /ˈfɔ:lɪŋ baɪ ðə ˈweɪsaɪd/

B2

idm.Failing to continue or succeed in a process or activity.

Many students fell by the wayside during the difficult course.

The problem with this behavior is that we dedicate our existence walking the paths that people other than ourselves have laid out for us: this need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.
The problem with this behavior is that we dedicate our existence walking the paths that people other than ourselves have laid out for us: this need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.
This need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.
This need to conform, this fear of falling by the wayside, this sickly preoccupation by what others think of us, this necessity to keep up with the Joneses.