"wither on the vine" meaning in English

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    {
      "form": "withers on the vine",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "withering on the vine",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "withered on the vine",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "withered on the vine",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      },
      "expansion": "wither on the vine (third-person singular simple present withers on the vine, present participle withering on the vine, simple past and past participle withered on the vine)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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        {
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          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
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          "source": "w"
        },
        {
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          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Tom Devine, The Scottish Nation: A Modern History:",
          "text": "Common Cause brought some Scottish intellectuals together, while Scotland United, an alliance of politicians, novelists and pop stars, held two successful rallies and proposed a multi-option referendum on the constitution. These two organizations soon withered on the vine.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be unsuccessful due to neglect or inaction."
      ],
      "id": "en-wither_on_the_vine-en-verb-Wy166KQp",
      "links": [
        [
          "unsuccessful",
          "unsuccessful"
        ],
        [
          "neglect",
          "neglect"
        ],
        [
          "inaction",
          "inaction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be unsuccessful due to neglect or inaction."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "die on the vine"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  ],
  "word": "wither on the vine"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "withers on the vine",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "withering on the vine",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "withered on the vine",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "withered on the vine",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
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        "1": "*"
      },
      "expansion": "wither on the vine (third-person singular simple present withers on the vine, present participle withering on the vine, simple past and past participle withered on the vine)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English idioms",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2006, Tom Devine, The Scottish Nation: A Modern History:",
          "text": "Common Cause brought some Scottish intellectuals together, while Scotland United, an alliance of politicians, novelists and pop stars, held two successful rallies and proposed a multi-option referendum on the constitution. These two organizations soon withered on the vine.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To be unsuccessful due to neglect or inaction."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "unsuccessful",
          "unsuccessful"
        ],
        [
          "neglect",
          "neglect"
        ],
        [
          "inaction",
          "inaction"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(idiomatic) To be unsuccessful due to neglect or inaction."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "idiomatic"
      ]
    }
  ],
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  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "die on the vine"
    }
  ],
  "word": "wither on the vine"
}