Meaning of fall behind in English - Cambridge Dictionary

to fail to do something fast enough or on time: We fell behind schedule. He fell behind in his work. MeaningoffallbehindinEnglish fallbehindphrasalverbwithfallverbuk Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /fɔːl/us Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /fɑːl/fell|fallen tofailtodosomethingfastenoughorontime:Hewasillforsixweeksandfellbehindwithhisschoolwork.I'vefallenbehindonthemortgagepayments. Failinganddoingbadly abjectly at-risk backbencher balls(something)up beonyourbeamendsidiom blow(someone/something)up bomb fallthrough falltopiecesidiom fightalosingbattleidiom flog flogadeadhorseidiom founder mess paleintoinsignificanceidiom pig rebound rot smoke therotsetsinidiom Seemoreresults»   Wanttolearnmore? ImproveyourvocabularywithEnglishVocabularyinUsefromCambridge.Learnthewordsyouneedtocommunicatewithconfidence. (DefinitionoffallbehindfromtheCambridgeAdvancedLearner'sDictionary&Thesaurus©CambridgeUniversityPress) fallbehind(something)|AmericanDictionary fallbehind(something)phrasalverbwithfallverbus Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /fɔl/pasttensefellus/fel/|pastparticiplefallenus/ˈfɔ·lən/ tofailtodosomethingfastenoughorontime:Wefellbehindschedule.Hefellbehindinhiswork. (Definitionoffallbehind(something)fromtheCambridgeAcademicContentDictionary©CambridgeUniversityPress) fallbehind|BusinessEnglish fallbehind—phrasalverbwithfallverbuk Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio /fɔːl/us Yourbrowserdoesn'tsupportHTML5audio fell|fallen [I]  FINANCEtonotmakearegularpaymentatthetimeyoushould:fallbehindwithsthWestartedtofallbehindwithourmortgagepaymentswhenmyhusbandlosthisjob. [IorT]tonotfinishworkatthetimeyouplannedorpromisedtofinishit:fallbehindbythreeweeks/sixmonths/10days,etc.Severeweatherconditionscausedtheconstructionprojecttofallbehindbyoverthreemonths.Ifwefallbehindschedulewemaylosethecontract. [IorT]tonotmakeasmuchprogressassomeoneelse:Companiesthatfailedtomodernizefellbehindquitedramatically. (DefinitionoffallbehindfromtheCambridgeBusinessEnglishDictionary©CambridgeUniversityPress) Translationsoffallbehind inChinese(Traditional) 落在後面,落後… Seemore inChinese(Simplified) 落在后面,落后… Seemore inSpanish retrasarse,quedarseatrás,rezagar… Seemore inPortuguese ficarparatrás… Seemore inTurkish inFrench inCzech inDanish inIndonesian inThai inVietnamese inPolish inMalay inGerman inNorwegian inUkrainian inRussian inItalian birprogramıngerisindekalmak,yetiştirememek,gerikalmak… Seemore êtreenretard,selaisserdistancer,prendreduretard… Seemore zůstávatpozadu,zpožďovatse,býtpozadu… Seemore sakkebagud,kommebagud… Seemore lebihlambat,terlambat… Seemore ไล่ตามไม่ทัน,จ่ายเงินช้า… Seemore bịtụtlạiđằngsau,khôngtrảđượcđúnghạn… Seemore zostawaćwtyle,miećzaległości,pozostawaćwtyle… Seemore terkebelakang,tertunggak… Seemore zurückbleiben,inVerzuggeraten(mit)… Seemore sakkeakterut,bliliggendeetter,sakkebakut… Seemore відставати,затримуватиоплату… Seemore отставать… Seemore rimanereindietro… Seemore Needatranslator? 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