fall+behind
101lag behind — Synonyms and related words: back, back up, come after, come last, dawdle, drag, fall astern, fall back, fall behind, follow, get behind, go back, go backwards, hang back, lag, linger, linger behind, loiter, regress, retrogress, revert, straggle,… …
102get behind — verb to lag or linger behind (Freq. 1) But in so many other areas we still are dragging • Syn: ↑drag, ↑trail, ↑hang back, ↑drop behind, ↑drop back • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …
103get behind — 1. Lag, fall behind or below, fall in the rear. 2. Take a position behind, get in the rear of …
104get behind — {v.} 1. To go too slowly: be late; do something too slowly. * /The post office got behind in delivering Christmas mail./ Syn.: FALL BEHIND. Contrast: KEEP UP. 2. {informal} To support; help. * /A club is much better if members get behind their… …
105get behind — {v.} 1. To go too slowly: be late; do something too slowly. * /The post office got behind in delivering Christmas mail./ Syn.: FALL BEHIND. Contrast: KEEP UP. 2. {informal} To support; help. * /A club is much better if members get behind their… …
106get\ behind — v 1. To go too slowly: be late; do something too slowly. The post office got behind in delivering Christmas mail. Syn.: fall behind Contrast: keep up 2. informal To support; help. A club is much better if members get behind their leaders. We got… …
107get behind — I (Roget s IV) v. Syn. loiter, fall behind, hesitate; see lag 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) I verb To aid the cause of by approving or favoring: advocate, back, champion, endorse, plump for, recommend, side with, stand behind, stand by, support,… …
108get behind — to get behind in work or studies, fall behind; (Slang) support something, approve of …
109drop behind — (Roget s IV) v. Syn. fall behind, fail to keep up, be outpaced, slow down; see fail 1 , lag 1 , lose 3 …
110drop back/behind — FALL BACK/BEHIND, get left behind, lag behind; straggle, linger, dawdle, dally, hang back, loiter, bring/take up the rear; informal dilly dally. → drop * * * fall back or get left behind the colt was struggling to stay with the …
