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fell behind
phrasepast tense of fall behind
Synonyms & Antonyms of fell behind
to move or act slowly
- He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay.
Synonyms for fell behind
- crawled,
- crept,
- dallied,
- dawdled,
- delayed,
- diddled,
- dillydallied,
- dragged,
- lagged,
- lingered,
- loitered,
- lollygagged
- (also lallygagged),
- moped,
- poked,
- shilly-shallied,
- tarried
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