| 词组 | fall behind |
| 释义 | fall behind 1. fall behind • fall behind sb to gradually get behind other people who you are with, because you are moving more slowly than them: ▪ I started to fall behind almost as soon as the race began. ▪ The little boy had fallen behind his mother and was crying. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lag behind, ↑drop behind ■ OPPOSITE: keep up 2. fall behind • fall behind sb/sth to fail to make as much progress or to achieve the same standard as another person, country, organization etc: ▪ Children from poor families are more likely to fall behind at school. ▪ They were worried that Russia was falling behind the US in the arms race. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑lag behind ■ OPPOSITE: keep up 3. fall behind • fall behind sth to fail to do something by a particular date that has been agreed, especially paying money that you owe, or finishing some work + with ▪ After losing his job, Darren fell behind with his mortgage payments. ▪ He fell behind with his rent and was thrown out of the apartment. fall behind schedule ▪ The project to build the bridge had already fallen behind schedule, and there were still some technical problems to overcome. ■ SIMILAR TO: ↑get behind 4. fall behind sth to fail to increase at the same rate as something else: ▪ Over the last few years, our salaries have fallen behind inflation. ▪ Demand fell behind production, and prices dropped. ■ OPPOSITE: keep up 5. fall behind • fall behind sth/sb to fail to score as many points as another team or player in a competition: ▪ Princeton started slowly, and fell behind 16-9 in both games. ▪ Osborne's team fell behind Miami 17-7 in the second half. |
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