Phrasal Verbs

fall behind

This page is about the phrasal verb fall behind

Meaning

If you have fallen behind other people, they have advanced faster than you and they are ahead of you.

For example

  • fall behind If he takes too much time off school, Ari will fall behind. Then he'll have to study hard to catch up with his classmates.

  • fall behind sth/sb Some Asian countries are falling behind China, and they need to develop their economies faster to keep up.

Quick Quiz

All the other teams are falling behind Manchester United in the table, so Manchester United look like

a. winning the title

b. losing the title

c. finding the title
a) winning the title b) losing the title c) finding the title
fall behind

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