fall behind
to drop back; fail to keep up
to be in arrears, as with a payment
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How to use fall behind in a sentence
Women fall behind when they take time out to raise children and then return to the workplace at a disadvantage.
What Equal Pay Day? McConnell Slams Paycheck Fairness Act | Eleanor Clift | April 9, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTNor do most recent graduates perceive themselves as being “in debt” until they start to fall behind in their payments.
And sometimes official confirmations fall behind the reports.
You go to one in an emergency, but eventually you fall behind so you go to another and then another and then another.
This little girl doesn't want to be up here, I am sure; suppose you both go down and fall behind the procession?
Little Fishers: and their Nets | Pansy
Assarac raised the hangings, and stepping quickly aside, gave place while he let them fall behind his comrade.
Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-MelvilleDr. Watson does not fall behind his predecessors in doing justice to this magnificent effort of Hebrew genius or inspiration.
The Expositor's Bible: The Epistle to the Hebrews | Thomas Charles EdwardsAs we went on up hill our boys began to fall behind, and long before night I could see nothing of them.
Death Valley in '49 | William Lewis ManlyFeeling this, he slipped it off as he gained the street, and suffered it to fall behind him.
Hildebrand | Anonymous
Other Idioms and Phrases with fall behind
Also, get behind.
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