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behind in

  1. Also, behind on . Late with; not progressing quickly enough with. For example, The builders are behind on this project , or I can't take time out or I'll be too far behind in my work . The same idea is also expressed as behind time , where time means a schedule or appointed time, as in The bus should have been here; it's behind time . [Early 1300s] Also see fall behind .

  2. In arrears, owing more than one should. For example, Jane and Bob are behind in their payments, so the interest will mount up . [Late 1300s]



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Basketball Writers Assn., the Athletic and Sporting News already heaped their own player-of-the-year awards onto the pile, and the Wooden Award should be close behind in giving Watkins her flowers as the best player in the game.

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One of the few Republicans to back the bill, Rep. Wesley Hunt of Texas, tried to plead that fathers are sometimes needed at home, telling Johnson he regrets leaving a sick son behind in the hospital so he could return to Congress to vote.

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I'm wondering, if you had your way, what would be the one policy that Democrats would unite behind in the 2026 and 2028 elections?

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Meanwhile, Rafa had to stay behind in Mexico, where his father was eventually convicted of femicide and sentenced to 23 years in prison, according to court documents.

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And for Kai and Knox, the transition from leaving their world behind in New York was eased by what they found in California, the nights acting as ball boys for their dad’s team and the afternoons they spent playing sports with new friends at the rec center.

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