go by the wayside
To become obsolete or outmoded.
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
“Many old traditions go by the wayside these days.”
“As the company updated its technology, many of the older, manual processes started to go by the wayside.”
“In the rapid transition toward a digital economy, several artisanal crafts have unfortunately gone by the wayside, leaving behind only memories of a slower era.”
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all dressed up and nowhere to go
Elaborately attired or otherwise fully prepared for an anticipated situation or activity which, nevertheless, fails to occur.
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all systems go
Everything is ready.
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as you go
While one is doing (something); as one progresses.
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boldly go where no man has gone before
To break new ground.
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come and go
To repeatedly appear and disappear; to be transient.
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don't go there
Do not broach that topic.
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easy come, easy go
Easily won and easily lost (usually said when resigned to a loss; something that comes in the same way, goes in the same way)
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enough to go around
There is an adequate amount or supply of something for all of the people present or involved.
Last updated August 10, 2026