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fall behind
verb
- to drop back; fail to keep up
- to be in arrears, as with a payment
Idioms and Phrases
Also, get behind .Example Sentences
"If you're falling behind... seek help at an early stage from Citizens Advice or another charity," he said.
The Bruins received a wakeup call as they came out sluggish, fell behind by double digits early and never recovered against the Badgers on Friday.
Within a year and a half, she’d fallen behind and Vanderbilt was trying to foreclose on both her home and the family-owned land she used to secure the mortgage, the suit said.
Fernandes' latest intervention rescued his team, who had fallen behind against Sociedad, knowing only victory could keep alive their hopes of winning a trophy this season and securing a European place next term.
Magellan actually fell behind the S&P 500 in two of Lynch’s final four years of management.
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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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