fall behind


verb(intr, adverb)
  1. to drop back; fail to keep up

  2. to be in arrears, as with a payment

Words Nearby fall behind

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How to use fall behind in a sentence

  • Assarac raised the hangings, and stepping quickly aside, gave place while he let them fall behind his comrade.

    Sarchedon | G. J. (George John) Whyte-Melville
  • Dr. Watson does not fall behind his predecessors in doing justice to this magnificent effort of Hebrew genius or inspiration.

  • As 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 Manly
  • Feeling 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

fall behind

Also, get behind.

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