Synonyms for fall behind
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : fawl |
| Phonetic Transcription : fɔl |
Top 10 synonyms for fall behind Other synonyms for the word fall behind
- bedog
- bring up the rear
- drag
- draggle
- draw
- droop
- drop back
- extend
- fall back
- 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 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
- 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
Antonyms for fall behind
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