Antonyms for falling behind

Grammar : Adj, verb

Spell : fawl

Phonetic Transcription : fɔl

Definition of falling behind

Origin : present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.

As in trailing : adj lagging behind
As in trail : verb lag behind, follow

Example sentences :

He is now, however, falling behind in some important products.
Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg

She knew she was doing wrong in falling behind in her studies.
Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson

We had drawn in rather close and could see that the calf was falling behind.
Extract from : « Swept Out to Sea » by W. Bertram Foster

My work must be falling behind and Stuyvesant has nobody to put in my place.
Extract from : « Brandon of the Engineers » by Harold Bindloss

He called one of them up to him, and with him went slowly on, the other two falling behind.
Extract from : « Yule Logs » by Various

Presently we shall be dismayed by the sense of falling behind.
Extract from : « The Old World in the New » by Edward Alsworth Ross

The youths were a little to one side of the safari and were falling behind.
Extract from : « The Forest of Mystery » by James H. Foster

By the way, I am sorry to say that I am falling behind physically.
Extract from : « Letters to His Children » by Theodore Roosevelt

They who are in danger of falling behind are sustained and carried on.
Extract from : « The Evolution of the Country Community » by Warren H. Wilson

The pace slackened, and he noticed that he and Schmidt were falling behind.
Extract from : « The Boy Scouts In Russia » by John Blaine

Synonyms for falling behind

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