Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

fell by the wayside

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.98 in modern English

Syllables
fel-l by the way-side
IPA
34
Scrabble Score
16
Letters
3
Syllables
12
Unique Chars

Meaning

Inflected Forms

fell by (canonical)

Questions

What does fell by the wayside mean?
simple past of fall by the wayside

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