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fell behind

phrase , past tense of fall behind

Synonyms and Antonyms of fell behind

to move or act slowly

He lost his footing and fell behind in the relay.

Synonyms of fell behind

crawled, crept, dallied, dawdled, delayed, diddled, dillydallied, dragged, lagged, lingered, loitered, lollygagged (also lallygagged), moped, poked, shilly-shallied, tarried

Words Related to fell behind

fiddled (around), fooled around, messed around, monkeyed (around), played, pottered (around), puttered (around), trifled

hung (around or out) (also hanged (around or out)), idled, loafed, lolled, lounged

ambled, eased, inched, lumbered, plodded, sauntered, shuffled, staggered, strolled

decelerated, slowed (down or up)

filibustered, procrastinated, stalled, temporized

Phrases Synonymous with fell behind

dragged one's feet (also dragged one's heels), dropped behind, hung fire, marked time, took one's time

Near Antonyms of fell behind

bowled, breezed, darted, humped, hurtled, hustled, scrambled, stampeded

galloped, jogged, ran (also chiefly dialectal run), sprinted, trotted

accelerated, quickened, sped (up) (or speeded (up))

caught up, fast-forwarded, outpaced, outran, outstripped, overtook

Antonyms of fell behind

barreled (or barrelled), bolted, careered, coursed, dashed, flew, hastened, hotfooted (it), hurried, raced, ran (also chiefly dialectal run), ripped, rocketed, rushed, scooted, scudded, scurried, sped (or speeded), tore, whirled, whisked, whizzed, zipped

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