What does fall behind mean?
Definitions for fall behind
fall be·hind
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Princeton's WordNet
fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recedeverb
retreat
lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behindverb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Wiktionary
fall behindverb
To be late (for a regular event)
fall behindverb
To be progressively below average in performance.
ChatGPT
fall behind
To fall behind means to fail to keep up with a certain pace or progress, to be delayed, or not doing something as quickly or effectively as others or as planned. This can apply to various contexts such as work, school, finance, or competition.
Numerology
Chaldean Numerology
The numerical value of fall behind in Chaldean Numerology is: 1
Pythagorean Numerology
The numerical value of fall behind in Pythagorean Numerology is: 1
Examples of fall behind in a Sentence
Disappointing outcome for us, we got off to a bad start, I thought. Fell behind, and you don’t want to fall behind to a team like this. They chew a lot of time off the clock with the running game.
If [the U.S.] are laggards, it won’t be good for our markets, it won’t be good for our companies, the U.S. doesn’t want to fall behind, or our financial system will be more vulnerable to climate risk.
I was able to get some first-pitch strikes, which was really nice. I didn't fall behind in too many counts.
Reasonable people may disagree about a lot, but we can all agree that we must keep our children in the classroom so they don't fall behind and so their parents can go to work and not take time off to watch their kids at home.
We have to win tomorrow, after losing again tonight’s game now we fall behind them, tomorrow’s a really important game for us.
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