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FALL BEHIND
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I. (verb)
Sense 1
Meaning:
Retreat
Synonyms:
drop off; fall back; fall behind; recede
Classified under:
Verbs of fighting, athletic activities
Hypernyms (to "fall behind" is one way to...):
regress; retrograde; retrogress (get worse or fall back to a previous condition)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s
Sense 2
Meaning:
Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Synonyms:
dawdle; fall back; fall behind; lag
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Hypernyms (to "fall behind" is one way to...):
follow (to travel behind, go after, come after)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "fall behind"):
drag; drop back; drop behind; get behind; hang back; trail (to lag or linger behind)
Sentence frames:
Something ----s
Somebody ----s
