Fall Behind

Definition: Fall Behind

Fall Behind

Verb

1. Retreat.

2. Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
 

Synonyms: Fall Behind

Crosswords: Fall Behind

I fall behind (Time After Time; performing artist: Cyndi Lauper)

And I will fall behind (Send It On; performing artist: D'Angelo)

The sooner you fall behind, the more time you'll have to catch up. (references; author: unknown)

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Books

• The Reading Crisis: Why Poor Children Fall Behind (reference)

  (more book examples)

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The sister at the post would not turn were a thunderbolt to fall behind her.

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Health

Or they get two or three infections at a time. Weakened by infection, the child may fail to gain weight or fall behind in growth and development. (references)

Business

While American furniture exports fall behind Israeli and Italian furniture manufacturers, the U.S. share of the market is expected to grow considerably. (references)

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Expression using "fall behind": fall behind with. Additional references.

Albanian

mbetem pas (draggle, drop back, drop behind, hang back, lag). (various references)

Arabic 

‏تقهقر (back away, fall back, give ground, go on before, hold down, lose ground, recede, recession, retire, retreat, retreating, retrograde, retrogression, withdraw), ‏تخلف عن, ‏تخلف (be in arrears, be retarded, default, drag, drop behind, go to sleep, go under, lag, linger, loiter, lurk, retardation, retrograde, tardiness), ‏تأخر عن غيره, ‏تراجع (back away, back down, back up, backwards, blemish, degradation, draw back, drawback, fall back, give back, give ground, give the right of way, kick, lose ground, move back, palinode, recede, recess, recession, recoil, regress, regression, renege, retire, retract, retraction, retreat, retreating, retrogression, sell out, stand, take back, turn back, unsay, withdraw). (various references)

Bulgarian 

изоставам с (be in arrears with), изоставам (break away, cast off, drag, fall out, lag, lose, pack in, run behind, tail away, tail off). (various references)

Chinese 

落後 (backward, lag). (various references)

Czech

zpožïovat se, zùstávat pozadu (hang behind), být pozadu (get behind). (various references)

Finnish

jättäytyä jälkeen, jäädä jäljelle (be left, be left behind, remain). (various references)

French

se retirer (fall back), se reculer (fall back), se laisser distancer, rester en arrière, être � la traîne. (various references)

German

zurückfallen (drop back, drop behind, fall back, move down, reflect, relapse, return, revert, to fall back, to relapse), zurückbleiben (be backward, be detained, be kept in, be left, be retarded, drag behind, get behind, hang behind, lag, lag behind, linger, remain, remain behind, stay behind, stay on, to fall behind, to fall short, to stay behind, wait behind). (various references)

Greek 

καθυστερώ (defer, delay, detain, fall behind with, hold up, lag, linger, retard), μένω πίσω (fall behind with, get behind with, keep back, tail off), πέφτω δίπλα. (various references)

Hebrew 

לפ�'ר ב�"תק�"מות, לפ�'ר (be backward, be retarded, be slow, drop behind, lag, straggle, trail). (various references)

Hungarian

lemarad (drop behind, lag, tail away, to be down the course, to be kept marooned, to be marooned, to drop astern, to drop behind, to fall astern, to lag behind, to miss, to tail away, to tail off), késlekedik (delay, hang fire, hold off, procrastinate, to defer, to hang fire, to hold off, to lag, to linger, to procrastinate). (various references)

Italian

rimanere indietro (lose). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

遅れる (to be delayed, to be late, to fall behind schedule), 後れる (to be delayed, to be late, to fall behind schedule). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

おくれる (to be delayed, to be late, to fall behind schedule), おとる (to be inferior to, to fall behind), よにおくれる (to fall behind the times). (various references)

Manx

tuittym gour y yerree. (various references)

Pig Latin

allfay ehindbay.(various references)

Portuguese

atrasar-se (be late, dally, drop behind, lag, retard). (various references)

Romanian

rãmâne în urmã (drop astern, drop behind, hang, lag, lose, straggle). (various references)

Russian 

отставать (be in arrears, drag, drop behind, lag, lag behind, lose ground, slow, straggle). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

zaostati (drop behind, lag, lag behind, trail). (various references)

Spanish

retrasarse (be delayed, lag, lag behind), quedarse atrás (be detained, be kept in, drop behind, get behind, hang back, lag, lag behind, linger, remain, stay on, tarry), dejarse atrás, atrasarse (be late, lag, lose time). (various references)

Swedish

ligga efter, bli efter (draggle, drop behind, lag). (various references)

Turkish

yetişememek, geri kalmak (draw back, hang back, hang behind, lag, lag behind, lose). (various references)

Ukrainian

відставати (be in arrears, drag, drop behind, hang back, lag, lag behind, lose time, retard, stand behind, straggle). (various references)

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

-2 letters: billhead, fellahin, findable, handbell, handbill.

-3 letters: finable, flailed, hidable, inhaled, linable.

-4 letters: afield, alible, alined, allied, bailed, balled, befall, behalf, behind, billed, bindle, denial, fabled, fadein, failed, faille, fallen, fellah, filled, finale, habile, hailed, halide, handle, hilled, infall, inhale, labile, liable, lienal, lineal, nailed, nilled.

-5 letters: abide, ailed, alien, aline, anile, baled, baned, bield.