lag behind - Wiktionary

EnglishEdit. VerbEdit · lag behind (third-person singular simple present lags behind, present participle lagging behind, simple past and past participle ... lagbehind DefinitionfromWiktionary,thefreedictionary Jumptonavigation Jumptosearch English[edit] Verb[edit] lagbehind(third-personsingularsimplepresentlagsbehind,presentparticiplelaggingbehind,simplepastandpastparticiplelaggedbehind) (transitiveorintransitive)Tofailtokeeppace;tofailtokeepupwithone'speers;toachieveorimpresslessthanone'speers;tomovemoreslowlythanone'speers. Liamwaslaggingbehindintherace. 1962December,“BeyondtheChannel:U.S.S.R.:Trainspeedsstillrising”,inModernRailways,page418:UntilnowtheseforthemostparthavelaggedfarbehindthoseofWesternEuropeinspeed;overthelongerdistancesaveragespeedswellbelow40m.p.h.havebeentherule. 2022March9,StefanieFoster,“RAILSupplement”,inRAIL,number952,page3:Asthecountrycontinuestowrestlewithoneofthegreatestupheavalstoeverydaylifeinrecentmemory,passengernumbershavehadaturbulent'snakesandladders'journey-andcontinuetolagbehindpre-pandemiclevels. Retrievedfrom"https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=lag_behind&oldid=68860185" Categories:EnglishlemmasEnglishverbsEnglishmultiwordtermsEnglishtransitiveverbsEnglishintransitiveverbsEnglishtermswithusageexamplesEnglishtermswithquotationsEnglishphrasalverbsEnglishphrasalverbswithparticle(behind) Navigationmenu Personaltools NotloggedinTalkContributionsCreateaccountLogin Namespaces EntryDiscussion English Views ReadEditHistory More Search Navigation MainPageCommunityportalPreferencesRequestedentriesRecentchangesRandomentryHelpGlossaryDonationsContactus Tools WhatlinkshereRelatedchangesUploadfileSpecialpagesPermanentlinkPageinformationCitethispage Print/export CreateabookDownloadasPDFPrintableversion Inotherlanguages Eestiಕನ್ನಡதமிழ்