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Synonyms for falling behind
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : fawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔl |
Top 10 synonyms for falling behind Other synonyms for the word falling behind
- bedog
- bring up the rear
- dangle
- dawdle
- dawdling
- delay
- dog
- drag
- draggle
- draw
- droop
- drop back
- extend
- fall back
- falling behind
- flag
- follow a scent
- halt
- hang
- hang back
- hang down
- haul
- hunt
- linger
- loiter
- nose out
- plod
- poke
- poke along
- procrastinate
- pursue
- shadow
- shag
- spook
- spoor
- stalk
- straggle
- stream
- string along
- tag along
- tail
- take out after
- tarry
- tow
- trace
- track
- traipse
- trudge
Définition 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
- 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
Antonyms for falling behind
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