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falls behind

phrase , present tense third-person singular of fall behind

Synonyms and Antonyms of falls behind

to move or act slowly

He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay.

Synonyms of falls behind

crawls, creeps, dallies, dawdles, delays, diddles, dillydallies, drags, lags, lingers, loiters, lollygags (also lallygags), mopes, pokes, shilly-shallies, tarries

Words Related to falls behind

fiddles (around), fools around, messes around, monkeys (around), plays, potters (around), putters (around), trifles

hangs (around or out), idles, loafs, lolls, lounges

ambles, eases, inches, lumbers, plods, saunters, shuffles, staggers, strolls

decelerates, slows (down or up)

filibusters, procrastinates, stalls, temporizes

Phrases Synonymous with falls behind

drags one's feet (also drags one's heels), drops behind, hangs fire, marks time, takes one's time

Near Antonyms of falls behind

bowls, breezes, darts, humps, hurtles, hustles, scrambles, stampedes

gallops, jogs, runs, sprints, trots

accelerates, quickens, speeds (up)

catches up, fast-forwards, outpaces, outruns, outstrips, overtakes

Antonyms of falls behind

barrels, bolts, careers, courses, dashes, flies, hastens, hotfoots (it), hurries, races, rips, rockets, runs, rushes, scoots, scuds, scurries, speeds, tears, whirls, whisks, whizzes, zips

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