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Abandon by the roadside (5)

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ditch

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'abandon' is the definition.
(ditching is a kind of abandoning)

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(Other definitions for ditch that I've seen before include "Abandon - trench" , "Get rid of; dug channel" , "give up" , "Moat" , "Narrow channel" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.
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