fall behind

English

Pronunciation

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Verb

fall behind

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see fall,‎ behind.
2. (idiomatic, intransitive) To be late (for a regular event)

   You're falling behind with the rent.

3. (intransitive) To be progressively below average in performance.

   You could lose your job if you keep falling behind with your work.

   It's not like John to fall behind in maths.

4. to fail to keep up

Translations

to be late

• Arabic: تَأَخَّرَ (taʔaḵḵara)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 遲到／迟到 (zh) (chídào)

• Czech: opozdit se pf
• Finnish: jäädä jälkeen, olla myöhässä
• French: être en retard
• German: sich verspäten (de), zu spät sein (de)
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• Ido: tardeskar (io)
• Japanese: 遅れる (ja) (おくれる, okureru)
• Korean: 늦다 (ko) (neutda)
• Polish: spóźniać się (pl)
• Portuguese: atrasar (pt)
• Russian: опа́здывать (ru) impf (opázdyvatʹ), опозда́ть (ru) pf (opozdátʹ)
• Spanish: atrasar (es)

to be below average in performance

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 落後／落后 (zh) (luòhòu), 落后 (zh) (luòhòu)

• Czech: zaostávat impf
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• Finnish: jäädä jälkeen
• Russian: отстава́ть (ru) impf (otstavátʹ), отста́ть (ru) pf (otstátʹ)

to fail to keep up

• Maori: komutu
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