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Kiwis must not fall behind the standards of other countries. We pride ourselves on our quality of life. Thus we must pave the road in the right way for the future generations.
Kylie Bax

Meaning of "fall behind" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF FALL BEHIND

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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF FALL BEHIND

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Fall behind is a verb.
The verb is the part of the sentence that is conjugated and expresses action and state of being.

WHAT DOES FALL BEHIND MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of fall behind in the English dictionary

The definition of fall behind in the dictionary is to drop back; fail to keep up. Other definition of fall behind is to be in arrears, as with a payment.


WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE FALL BEHIND

fall about
fall among
fall apart
fall army worm
fall away
fall back
fall between two stools
fall by the wayside
fall down
fall flat
fall flat on one´s face
fall for
fall foul of
fall guy
fall in
fall in love
fall line
fall off
fall on
fall on deaf ears

WORDS THAT END LIKE FALL BEHIND

ahind
behind
bind
blind
call to mind
find
grind
hang behind
have in the wind
hind
humankind
kind
leave behind
mankind
mind
one-of-a-kind
remind
rushed behind
Sind
wind

Synonyms and antonyms of fall behind in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

SYNONYMS OF «FALL BEHIND»

The following words have a similar or identical meaning as «fall behind» and belong to the same grammatical category.
synonyms of fall behind
lag · trail

Translation of «fall behind» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF FALL BEHIND

Find out the translation of fall behind to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of fall behind from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «fall behind» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

落后
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

quedarse atrás
570 millions of speakers

English

fall behind
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

गिरावट के पीछे
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تقع وراء
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

отставать
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

ficar para trás
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

পিছাইয়া পড়া
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

être à la traîne
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

ketinggalan
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

zurückfallen
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

後れを取る
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

뒤쳐
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Kejiret
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

ở chậm lại sau
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

பின்னால் விழும்
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पाठीमागे पडणे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

geri kalmak
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

rimanere indietro
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

zaległości
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

відставати
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

rămâne în urmă
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

υστερούν
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

agter raak
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

halkar efter
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

falle bak
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of fall behind

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «FALL BEHIND»

The term «fall behind» is regularly used and occupies the 60.783 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «FALL BEHIND» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «fall behind» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «fall behind» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about fall behind

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10 QUOTES WITH «FALL BEHIND»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word fall behind.
1
Kylie Bax
Kiwis must not fall behind the standards of other countries. We pride ourselves on our quality of life. Thus we must pave the road in the right way for the future generations.
2
Cassandra Clare
Write every day. Don't kill yourself. I think a lot of people think, 'I have to write a chapter a day' and they can't. They fall behind and stop doing it. But if you just write even one hundred words a day, it's not that much. By the end of a month, you'll have three thousand words, which is one chapter.
3
Sigmar Gabriel
I am certain that the United States next year, under a new president - regardless whether it's Obama or McCain - will present an ambitious program promoting renewable energies and energy efficiency. Europe could quickly fall behind.
4
Crystal Gayle
You have to be committed or you fall behind, lose out.
5
Park Geun-hye
Big businesses aren't the only ones in the economic ecosystem. Nobody should fall behind because of an unfair structure.
6
Jesse Jackson
If you fall behind, run faster. Never give up, never surrender, and rise up against the odds.
7
Martin Klebba
I think with challenges, you either overcome them or you fall behind and become a statistic.
8
Frans Lanting
My wife says that I become different once I start to work with animals. My movements become different, my mood is different. It involves letting everything fall behind you, becoming intuitive in your dealings with wild creatures in a way that bypasses reason. Sometimes it's more like a dance than anything else.
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Steven Lopez
It's torturous what my siblings put me through. I can take any Olympic final, I can fight in a world championship and fall behind and win in sudden death, but when it comes to my siblings, it's out of my control. There's not much I can do.
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Unknown
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «FALL BEHIND»

Discover the use of fall behind in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to fall behind and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Eurosclerosis or Financial Collapse: Why Did Swedish Incomes ...
2005 International Monetary Fund WP/05/29 IMF Working Paper IMF Institute Eurosclerosis or Financial Collapse: Why Did Swedish Incomes Fall Behind? Prepared by Valerie Cerra and Sweta Chaman Saxena1 Authorized for distribution by ...
Ms. Valerie Cerra, Ms. Sweta Chaman Saxena, 2005
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The Ultimate Phrasal Verb Book
How did that come about? Several major medical advances have come about in the last 50 years. fall behind fail behind & falls behind falling behind fell behind fallen behind 1 . fall behind p.v. When you are in a group that is walking, running,  ...
Carl W. Hart, 2009
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A Collection of Confusible Phrases
lf your payments of rent fall behind, you will be asked to leave. fall behind in something fall behind on something fall behind in something - \. fail to do enough of smth. and so move to a position behind others: The country has fallen behind ...
Yuri Dolgopolov, 2004
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A Navajo/English Bilingual Dictionary: Áłchíní Bi Naaltsoostsoh
(akeedpf) (dini) (d) (leeh) (to fall behind permanently) AhAtIINII: dahizhdiileeh / dah + hi + ji + di +. Doo akeedpf' dineeshdleet da. 'I will not fall behind.' Doo akeedpp' diniidleet da. 'We will not fall behind.' Doo akeedpp' dadimidleet da. ' We will ...
Alyse Neundorf, 1983
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Navajo/English Dictionary of Verbs
late, fall behind Áhát'íinii: /akéédçç' ji di ni d leeh/-> [akéédçç' jidinidleeh] Doohah ájít'ú'góó, haadááh hodiildo- hgo, akéédçç' jidinidleeh. Verb: to fall behind in time ; one falls behind T'áálá'ígo Naakigo Táá'dóó Ba'aa T'ahdii - imperfective ...
Alyse Neundorf, 2006
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The Reading Crisis: why poor children fall behind
What made these students fall behind around fourth grade was their slow acquisition of an academic vocabulary, their relative weakness in recognizing less familiar words, and their lack of fluency. Why Do These Trends Occur? How can one ...
Jeanne Sternlicht CHALL, Vicki A. Jacobs, Luke E. Baldwin, 2009
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The Cultural Production of the Educated Person: Critical ...
Given the way ability grouping works in the United States, and retention in both France and the United States, children who "fall behind" in either country are likely to fall further behind over time. At first, the accepted schedule for learning to  ...
Bradley A. Levinson, Douglas E. Foley, Dorothy C. Holland, 1996
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The Decline of Latin American Economies: Growth, ...
Leandro Prados de la Escosura 1.1 Introduction When did Latin America fall behind, and has the gap between the developed countries and Latin America widened over time are recurrent questions among economic historians. The idea of ...
Sebastian Edwards, Gerardo Esquivel, Graciela Márquez, 2009
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Fitz-John Porter ...
Does the Senator pretend that these troops were required to fall behind Bull Run that night? It was only if they had to fall back that they must do it; they must keep that in view; but they were not required to do it; they had no orders to fall behind ...
Joseph Wheeler, 1883
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Fitz-John Porter: Speech of Hon. John Alexander Logan, of ...
It was only if they had to fall back that they must do it; they must keep that in view; but they were not required to do it; they had no orders to fall behind Bull Run. And when the whole army of Pope was engaged in battle, when none of them did ...
John Alexander Logan, 1883

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «FALL BEHIND»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term fall behind is used in the context of the following news items.
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Smokies fall behind early in 8-5 loss
Smokies fall behind early in 8-5 loss. News Sentinel staff. 12:22 AM, Jul 10, 2015. 3 hours ago. sports. Copyright 2015 Journal Media Group. All rights reserved. «Knoxville News Sentinel, Jul 15»
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Dust Devils Fall Behind Early, Lose 10-4 to Eugene
PASCO, WA - The Eugene Emeralds scored seven runs in the first inning and that's all they needed in their 10-4 win over the Tri-City Dust ... «NBC Right Now, Jul 15»
3
UK retailers fall behind in international spend
The government must do more to spur international spend or risk pushing UK retailers further behind European competitors, one expert has ... «Drapers, Jul 15»
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Vincent Kompany urges Man City to spend big or fall behind
VINCENT KOMPANY claims Manchester City risk falling further behind their rivals unless they buy big this summer. By Paul Brown / Published ... «Daily Star, Jul 15»
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Science fuels economic gains: don't let the UK fall behind
George Osborne has described science as “a personal priority”, but the threat of underinvestment is ever-present. Photograph: Steve Parsons/ ... «The Guardian, Jul 15»
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Private companies fall behind in cloud spending race
Spending on cloud infrastructure will take an increasing share of customer dollars over the next five years, with public cloud providers ... «The Register, Jul 15»
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Colorado Springs Sky Sox fall behind at start, never catch up to …
Colorado Springs Sky Sox fall behind at start, never catch up to visiting Memphis. Google Survey FAQ. The Gazette - • Published: July 7, 2015 •. The Gazette ... «Colorado Springs Gazette, Jul 15»
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Auburn Doubledays fall behind early, lose to State College Spikes
AUBURN | The Doubledays quickly cut the early deficit to one run in the first inning, but it was all downhill from there. Auburn allowed five more ... «Auburn Citizen, Jul 15»
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Beetles fall behind early, lose in San Diego
SAN DIEGO — The Yakima Beetles gave up six runs — just two of them earned — in the first inning Saturday and lost 8-6 to Bones Nation of ... «Yakima Herald-Republic, Jul 15»
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Muskrat Falls project continues to fall behind schedule
Nalcor Energy is failing to maintain the Muskrat Falls construction schedule, according to the latest report from the project oversight committee, ... «Port aux Basques Gulf News, Jul 15»

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