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fallen behind
phrase
past participle of fall behind
Synonyms & Antonyms of fallen behind
to move or act slowly
- He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay.
Synonyms for fallen behind
- crawled,
- crept,
- dallied,
- dawdled,
- delayed,
- diddled,
- dillydallied,
- dragged,
- lagged,
- lingered,
- loitered,
- lollygagged
- (also lallygagged),
- moped,
- poked,
- shilly-shallied,
- tarried
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“Fallen behind.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/fallen%20behind. Accessed 28 Jan. 2022.
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