behind schedule

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behind schedule

Not having progressed as much as is necessary to meet a particular deadline. I'm so far behind schedule that I'll never get this report done by Friday. Thanks to the flu, I'm now behind schedule in my party preparations.
See also: behind, schedule
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

*behind schedule

having failed to do something by the appointed time, especially the time given on a written plan. (*Typically: be ~; fall ~; get ~.) We have to hurry and finish soon or we will fall behind schedule. The project is behind schedule by six months.
See also: behind, schedule
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • behind in
  • behind in (something)
  • late in the day
  • as the white on rice
  • be a mixed blessing
  • not about to
  • not be about to do something
  • progress to
  • progress to (something)
  • schedule
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