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behind
adverb as in in a position further back; following
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adverb as in in debt; late
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backward, behind schedule, behind time, behindhand, belated, delayed, dilatory, have to play catch up, in arrears, overdue, sluggish, tardy
noun as in buttocks
preposition as in being the reason for
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Weak matches
at the bottom of, concerning the circumstances, initiating, instigating, responsible for
preposition as in in support
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Example Sentences
When they leave her behind during a special outing, she decides to make her own seasonal magic.
Critics question how supporters could throw themselves behind an accused murderer.
Unlike the forefoot, which makes contact with the ground only through its hooves, the hind feet also included a fleshy heel pad behind the hooves.
And in that moment, with the final minutes running down and the Trojans in need of one final knockout blow, here was Miller sprinting all alone, with only the roar of the Coliseum behind him.
But at Woohoo, the brains behind the menu is not a person but an AI programme -- known as chef Aiman -- trained on thousands of recipes and decades of culinary research and molecular gastronomy.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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