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come from behind
Idioms and Phrases
Also, come up from behind . Advance from the rear or from a losing position, as in You can expect the Mets to come from behind before the season is over , or The polls say our candidate is coming up from behind . This idiom, which originated in horse racing, was first transferred to scores in various sports and later to more general use.Example Sentences
Watch highlights as Ireland come from behind to round off their WXV1 campaign with a 26-14 win against the USA.
The club finished runners-up to Northampton in last season's final at Twickenham in a rollercoaster match that saw them come from behind with 14 men to almost clinch victory in the final play of the game.
Three-on-three basketball games, played with a 12-second shot clock on a half court, last just 10 minutes and field goals count for only one point, two points if they come from behind a 22-foot arc.
That makes it difficult to come from behind.
GB had already come from behind through Lee Morton and were the dominant side in the final quarter as they looked for a winner against 10-player India.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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