fall by the wayside vs drop by the wayside

fall by the wayside and drop by the wayside both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
fall by the wayside	No	No	Yes	No
drop by the wayside	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, fall by the wayside and drop by the wayside are synonyms defined as:

fall by the wayside and drop by the wayside: give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

Other synonyms of fall by the wayside include chuck up the sponge, drop out, give up, quit, throw in, throw in the towel.

fall by the wayside (verb)	drop by the wayside (verb)
give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat	give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat