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went by the wayside

went by the wayside is the simple past of go by the wayside.

Meaning of go by the wayside

Verb

go by the wayside (third-person singular simple present goes by the wayside, present participle going by the wayside, simple past went by the wayside, past participle gone by the wayside)

  1. (idiomatic) To become obsolete or outmoded.

Questions about went by the wayside

What is went by the wayside the simple past of?
Went by the wayside is the simple past of go by the wayside.

Words near went by the wayside in the dictionary

  1. went brrr
  2. went bust
  3. went by
  4. went by the board
  5. went by the name of
  6. went by the wayside
  7. went bye-bye
  8. went cahoots
  9. went chapter 11
  10. went cheap
  11. went commando

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