fall behind

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fall behind in WordNet English dictionary

verb

hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
lag dawdle fall back fall behind
retreat
fall back lose drop off fall behind recede

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fall behind in English Wiktionary

(verb) (context/idiom/intransitive) To be late (for a regular event)

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