fall behind

Meaning

1. fall behind (sb / sth)

   to fail to keep level with sb / sth

   She soon fell behind the leaders.

In the movies · 6

• Guys, we'’re falling behind. We really gotta move.Top Gun: Maverick2022
• Fred! Is Josh falling behind in his schoolwork?Searching for Bobby Fischer1993
• That doesn't mean asset development is falling behind.Jurassic World2015
• I fall behind.Nebraska2013
• Can't afford to fall behind.Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
• let production fall behind, not one little bit.Sing 22021
• Peck, Honkington, fall in behind us.The Wild Robot2024
• Are you sure it didn't fall behind the bureau?Anne of Green Gables1985

Learn it in full scenes

• Atlas Shrugged: Part I2011
  • Dagny Defies James Over Rearden Metal
  • Dagny and Rearden's Metal Deal
  • Rearden Gives Lillian a Metal Gift
• The Wild Robot2024
  • Roz Boots Up on the Island
  • Roz Becomes an Accidental Mother
  • Fink Teaches the Gosling

From the same entry

• fall about
• fall apart
• fall away
• fall back
• fall back on
• fall behind with
• fall down
• fall for
• fall for
• fall in
• fall in with
• fall into

More phrasal verbs

• come out of
• pass away
• join in
• hold on to
• go with
• see through
• stand for
• get by
• dress up
• come to
• stay out of
• set out