Synonyms for fall behind
fall be·hind

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1. fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recedeverb

   retreat

   Synonyms:
   unload, fall asleep, misplace, lose, draw back, mislay, drop off, retire, withdraw, retreat, turn a loss, lapse, fall away, drift off, dope off, relapse, recidivate, fall back, dawdle, pull away, drop away, recur, resort, set down, recede, put down, doze off, move back, nod off, regress, drop, suffer, discharge, miss, drowse off, retrogress, lag, pull back, slip, flake out

2. lag, dawdle, fall back, fall behindverb

   hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

   Synonyms:
   lag, immure, recur, incarcerate, relapse, retrogress, dally, linger, lapse, remand, regress, imprison, jug, dawdle, fall back, put behind bars, lose, gaol, jail, resort, recede, drop off, put away, recidivate

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1. Maori Proverb:

   Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.

2. Mike DeWine:

   Reasonable people may disagree about a lot, but we can all agree that we must keep our children in the classroom so they don't fall behind and so their parents can go to work and not take time off to watch their kids at home.

3. Sun Devils:

   Disappointing outcome for us, we got off to a bad start, I thought. Fell behind, and you don’t want to fall behind to a team like this. They chew a lot of time off the clock with the running game.

4. Mike Manazir:

   We're going to fall behind on the benefits for having an unmanned attribute inside the air wing, that's where I'm frustrated - when something's ready to go and ... it advances our warfighting capability why wouldn't you?

5. Bob Melvin:

   We have to win tomorrow, after losing again tonight’s game now we fall behind them, tomorrow’s a really important game for us.