"fall behind" meaning in English

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Verb

Audio: en-au-fall behind.ogg Forms: falls behind [present, singular, third-person], falling behind [participle, present], fell behind [past], fallen behind [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|fall<,,fell,fallen> behind}} fall behind (third-person singular simple present falls behind, present participle falling behind, simple past fell behind, past participle fallen behind)
  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall, behind.
    Sense id: en-fall_behind-en-verb-0KCYaw3W
  2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be late (for a regular event) Tags: idiomatic, intransitive Translations (to be late): تَأَخَّرَ (taʔaḵḵara) (Arabic), gecikmək (Azerbaijani), 遲到 (Chinese Mandarin), 迟到 (chídào) (Chinese Mandarin), opozdit se [perfective] (Czech), jäädä jälkeen (Finnish), olla myöhässä (Finnish), être en retard (French), sich verspäten (German), zu spät sein (German), tardeskar (Ido), 遅れる (okureru) (alt: おくれる) (Japanese), 늦다 (neutda) (Korean), dereng bûn (Northern Kurdish), paşve man (Northern Kurdish), paş ketin (Northern Kurdish), spóźniać się (Polish), atrasar (Portuguese), опа́здывать (opázdyvatʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), опозда́ть (opozdátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), atrasar (Spanish)
    Sense id: en-fall_behind-en-verb-JMT-wy9V Disambiguation of 'to be late': 2 91 1 5
  3. (intransitive) To be progressively below average in performance. Tags: intransitive Translations (to be below average in performance): geridə qalmaq (Azerbaijani), 落後 (Chinese Mandarin), 落后 (luòhòu) (Chinese Mandarin), zaostávat [imperfective] (Czech), jäädä jälkeen (Finnish), paşve man (Northern Kurdish), paş ketin (Northern Kurdish), отстава́ть (otstavátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), отста́ть (otstátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), hamna på efterkälken (Swedish), sacka (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-fall_behind-en-verb-LZq2CHJz Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "behind", Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Arabic translations, Terms with Azerbaijani translations, Terms with Czech translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Ido translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Maori translations, Terms with Northern Kurdish translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 11 76 7 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "behind": 22 16 52 11 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 6 12 71 10 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 6 12 73 10 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 5 10 77 8 Disambiguation of Terms with Arabic translations: 9 16 62 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Azerbaijani translations: 9 16 61 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Czech translations: 8 16 63 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 8 14 66 12 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 9 18 57 16 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 8 15 65 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Ido translations: 7 14 67 12 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 8 16 63 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 9 16 61 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 10 27 52 11 Disambiguation of Terms with Maori translations: 9 16 61 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Northern Kurdish translations: 4 7 83 6 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 11 20 54 15 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 9 16 62 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 8 16 63 13 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 8 16 61 14 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 9 16 62 13 Disambiguation of 'to be below average in performance': 2 2 96 1
  4. (transitive and intransitive) to fail to keep up (with) Tags: intransitive, transitive Translations (to fail to keep up): komutu (Maori), paşve man (Northern Kurdish), paş ketin (Northern Kurdish)
    Sense id: en-fall_behind-en-verb-TgbNAxEn Disambiguation of 'to fail to keep up': 1 5 0 93
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          "alt": "おくれる",
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          "sense": "to be late",
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          "sense": "to be late",
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          "sense": "to be late",
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      "sense": "to be late",
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      "sense": "to be late",
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      "sense": "to be late",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "word": "sich verspäten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "word": "zu spät sein"
    },
    {
      "code": "io",
      "lang": "Ido",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "word": "tardeskar"
    },
    {
      "alt": "おくれる",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "okureru",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "word": "遅れる"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "neutda",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "word": "늦다"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "word": "dereng bûn"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "word": "paşve man"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "word": "paş ketin"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "word": "spóźniać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "word": "atrasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opázdyvatʹ",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "опа́здывать"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "opozdátʹ",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "опозда́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to be late",
      "word": "atrasar"
    },
    {
      "code": "az",
      "lang": "Azerbaijani",
      "sense": "to be below average in performance",
      "word": "geridə qalmaq"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to be below average in performance",
      "word": "落後"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "luòhòu",
      "sense": "to be below average in performance",
      "word": "落后"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to be below average in performance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "zaostávat"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to be below average in performance",
      "word": "jäädä jälkeen"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to be below average in performance",
      "word": "paşve man"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to be below average in performance",
      "word": "paş ketin"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otstavátʹ",
      "sense": "to be below average in performance",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "отстава́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "otstátʹ",
      "sense": "to be below average in performance",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "отста́ть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to be below average in performance",
      "word": "hamna på efterkälken"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "to be below average in performance",
      "word": "sacka"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to fail to keep up",
      "word": "paşve man"
    },
    {
      "code": "kmr",
      "lang": "Northern Kurdish",
      "sense": "to fail to keep up",
      "word": "paş ketin"
    },
    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "to fail to keep up",
      "word": "komutu"
    }
  ],
  "word": "fall behind"
}

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