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Fall behind   /fɔl bɪhˈaɪnd/   Listen
Fall behind

verb
1.
Retreat.  Synonyms: drop off, fall back, lose, recede.
2.
Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc..  Synonyms: dawdle, fall back, lag.






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"Fall behind" Quotes from Famous Books



... and dexterous strokes, shot it out into the stream. Trenton could not but admire the knowledge of these two men and their dexterous use of it. Here they were on a swiftly flowing river, with a small fall behind them and a tremendous cataract several miles in front, yet these two men, by their knowledge of the currents, managed to work their way up stream with the least possible amount of physical exertion. The St. Maurice ...
— One Day's Courtship - The Heralds Of Fame • Robert Barr

... man declared that if the earth moved, acorns falling from a high tree would all fall behind the tree and ...
— Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 12 - Little Journeys to the Homes of Great Scientists • Elbert Hubbard

... divided against itself cannot stand,'" quoted Linda. "I must keep in mind what Eileen said, not that there is the slightest danger, but to fall behind in my grades is a thing that simply must not happen. If it be true that Peter and Henry can so easily and so cheaply add a few improvements in my workroom in connection with Peter's building, I ...
— Her Father's Daughter • Gene Stratton-Porter

... room and drew the curtains apart. This time the bolt was shot. But she did not turn back to her room. She let the curtains fall behind her and leaned her forehead against the glass. There was a moon to-night, and the quiet garden stretched in front of her a place of black shadows and white light. Whether a thief lurked in those shadows and watched from ...
— The Broken Road • A. E. W. Mason

... And if you sometimes find An alien darkness on the front of things, Sing none the less for Life, nor fall behind, Like me, ...
— The Poems of Henry Kendall • Henry Kendall


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