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  • 1fall behind — UK US fall behind Phrasal Verb with fall({{}}/fɔːl/ verb (fell, fallen) ► [I] FINANCE to not make a regular payment at the time you should: fall behind with sth »We started to fall behind with our mortgage payments when my husband lost his job. ► …

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  • 2fall behind — 1) PHRASAL VERB If you fall behind, you do not make progress or move forward as fast as other people. [V P] Evans had rheumatic fever, missed school and fell behind... [V P n] Boris is falling behind all the top players. 2) PHRASAL VERB If you… …

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  • 3fall behind with something — ˌfall beˈhind with sth derived (also ˌfall beˈhind on sth especially in NAmE) to not pay or do sth at the right time • They had fallen behind on their mortgage repayments. • He s fal …

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  • 4fall behind on something — ˌfall beˈhind with sth derived (also ˌfall beˈhind on sth especially in NAmE) to not pay or do sth at the right time • They had fallen behind on their mortgage repayments. • He s fal …

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  • 5fall behind — {v.} To go slower than others and be far behind them. * /When the campers took a hike in the woods, two boys fell behind and got lost./ * /Frank s lessons were too hard for him, and he soon fell behind the rest of the class./ * /Mary was not… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 6fall behind — {v.} To go slower than others and be far behind them. * /When the campers took a hike in the woods, two boys fell behind and got lost./ * /Frank s lessons were too hard for him, and he soon fell behind the rest of the class./ * /Mary was not… …

    Dictionary of American idioms

  • 7fall\ behind — v To go slower than others and be far behind them. When the campers took a hike in the woods, two boys fell behind and got lost. Frank s lessons were too hard for him, and he soon fell behind the rest of the class. Mary was not promoted because… …

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  • 8Fall — (f[add]l), v. i. [imp. {Fell} (f[e^]l); p. p. {Fallen} (f[add]l n); p. pr. & vb. n. {Falling}.] [AS. feallan; akin to D. vallen, OS. & OHG. fallan, G. fallen, Icel. Falla, Sw. falla, Dan. falde, Lith. pulti, L. fallere to deceive, Gr. sfa llein… …

    The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • 9behind — [bē hīnd′, bihīnd′] adv. [ME bihinden < OE behindan: see BE & HIND1] 1. in or to the rear or back [to walk behind, to look behind] 2. at an earlier time; in the past [my joy lies behind] 3. in a former place, condition, etc …

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  • 10fall — fall1 W1S1 [fo:l US fo:l] v past tense fell [fel] past participle fallen [ˈfo:lən US ˈfo:l ] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move downwards)¦ 2¦(stop standing/walking etc)¦ 3¦(decrease)¦ 4¦(become)¦ 5¦(belong to a group)¦ 6 fall short of something 7 fall victim/prey… …

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