fall behind

VERB

trail

Synonyms

STRONGEST

chase falter lag pull

STRONG

dally dangle dawdle delay dog drag draggle draw droop extend flag halt hang haul hunt linger loiter plod poke procrastinate pursue shadow shag spook spoor stalk straggle stream tail tarry tow trace track traipse trudge

WEAK

bedog bring up the rear drop back fall back follow a scent hang back hang down nose out poke along string along tag along take out after

Antonyms

STRONG

advance carry on complete finish forward go hasten hurry ignore leave leave alone let go push rise run away rush shorten speed stop tiptoe

WEAK

lead

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But, if the Brewers fall behind in the series, they could be faced with coming back behind the likes of ex-Dodger Dustin May and rookie Robert Gasser.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 10, 2026

On the flip side, Belgium at $725 billion and Ireland at $714 billion would be economies he could fall behind if the Musk industrial complex fell into a bear market.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 6, 2026

"But if we get complacent, then we can fall behind again because it's moving very, very fast."

From BBC ● Oct. 5, 2026

The U.S. could fall behind China in biotech.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 25, 2026

“Yes, you’d better. We must not allow Levy Pants to fall behind in the struggle for the survival of the fittest.”

From "A Confederacy of Dunces" by John Kennedy Toole

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