Antonyms for fall behind

Grammar : Verb

Spell : fawl

Phonetic Transcription : fɔl

Definition of fall behind

Origin : Old English feallan (class VII strong verb; past tense feoll, past participle feallen) "to fall; fail, decay, die," from Proto-Germanic *fallanan (cf. Old Frisian falla, Old Saxon fallan, Dutch vallen, Old Norse falla, Old High German fallan, German fallen), from PIE root *pol- "to fall" (cf. Armenian p'ul "downfall," Lithuanian puola "to fall," Old Prussian aupallai "finds," literally "falls upon").
Most of the figurative senses had developed in Middle English. Meaning "to be reduced" (as temperature) is from 1650s. To fall in love is attested from 1520s; to fall asleep is late 14c. Fall through "come to naught" is from 1781. To fall for something is from 1903.

As in trail : verb lag behind, follow

Example sentences :

Both of the Terrans feared to fall behind, to lose touch with that guide.
Extract from : « Storm Over Warlock » by Andre Norton

But he strode on, at a pace which made her run lest she should fall behind.
Extract from : « Ambrotox and Limping Dick » by Oliver Fleming

The other tried to do the same, but she seemed to droop and fall behind.
Extract from : « The World Peril of 1910 » by George Griffith

But even with this new source of income they began to fall behind.
Extract from : « The Friendly Road » by (AKA David Grayson) Ray Stannard Baker

But it was not easy for the cub lion, and soon he began to limp and fall behind.
Extract from : « Nero, the Circus Lion » by Richard Barnum

Some of us fall behind the fashions, but no one ever gets ahead of them.
Extract from : « Introduction to the Science of Sociology » by Robert E. Park

As if the beauty and sacredness of the demonstrable must fall behind that of the mythical!
Extract from : « The Oxford Book of American Essays » by Various

Turn your face to the light, and the shadow will fall behind you.
Extract from : « The World's Great Sermons, Volume 7: Hale to Farrar » by Various

They soon tired, and had to slow their pace and fall behind.
Extract from : « South from Hudson Bay » by E. C. [Ethel Claire] Brill

But the husband took her arm, and I was obliged to fall behind.
Extract from : « My Neighbor Raymond (Novels of Paul de Kock Volume XI) » by Charles Paul de Kock

Synonyms for fall behind

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