"lag behind" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

Forms: lags behind [present, singular, third-person], lagging behind [participle, present], lagged behind [participle, past], lagged behind [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|*}} lag behind (third-person singular simple present lags behind, present participle lagging behind, simple past and past participle lagged behind)
  1. (transitive or intransitive) To fail to keep pace; to fail to keep up with one's peers; to achieve or impress less than one's peers; to move more slowly than one's peers. Tags: intransitive, transitive

Inflected forms

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