behind time

Idioms and Phrases

see under behind in .

Example Sentences

They will be able to visit at Tardis tech room, and look at the science behind time travel and ask whether it is really possible.

From BBC

In other words, as time proceeds in an antique mall, dragging decades behind time outside it, it also washes up there and accumulates, held by just enough love to stay out of the landfill and modestly priced.

From Washington Post

In the late 1960s, after the psychedelic pop band the Zombies broke up, there were two impostor bands touring America pretending to be the group behind “Time of the Season.”

From Slate

“It’s just awful, and it puts efforts way behind time line and means there will be a lot of difference between what states do,” says Eric Toner, an emergency physician and senior scholar at the Johns Hopkins Center for Health Security.

From Scientific American

O'Sullivan came from behind time and time again to claim a sixth world title in August and showed his mettle under pressure once more to claim a fifth victory over Ding in as many meetings at the Masters.

From BBC

Related Words

• belated
• delinquent
• outstanding
• tardy
• unpaid