Antonyms for falling behind


Grammar : Adj, verb
Spell : fawl
Phonetic Transcription : fɔl


Definition of falling behind

Origin :
  • present participle adjective from fall (v.). Falling star is from 1560s; falling out "disagreement" is from 1560s. Falling evil "epilepsy" is from early 13c.
  • As in trailing : adj lagging behind
  • As in trail : verb lag behind, follow
Example sentences :
  • He is now, however, falling behind in some important products.
  • Extract from : « Herbert Hoover » by Vernon Kellogg
  • She knew she was doing wrong in falling behind in her studies.
  • Extract from : « Ruth Fielding and the Gypsies » by Alice B. Emerson
  • We had drawn in rather close and could see that the calf was falling behind.
  • Extract from : « Swept Out to Sea » by W. Bertram Foster
  • My work must be falling behind and Stuyvesant has nobody to put in my place.
  • Extract from : « Brandon of the Engineers » by Harold Bindloss
  • He called one of them up to him, and with him went slowly on, the other two falling behind.
  • Extract from : « Yule Logs » by Various
  • Presently we shall be dismayed by the sense of falling behind.
  • Extract from : « The Old World in the New » by Edward Alsworth Ross
  • The youths were a little to one side of the safari and were falling behind.
  • Extract from : « The Forest of Mystery » by James H. Foster
  • By the way, I am sorry to say that I am falling behind physically.
  • Extract from : « Letters to His Children » by Theodore Roosevelt
  • They who are in danger of falling behind are sustained and carried on.
  • Extract from : « The Evolution of the Country Community » by Warren H. Wilson
  • The pace slackened, and he noticed that he and Schmidt were falling behind.
  • Extract from : « The Boy Scouts In Russia » by John Blaine

Synonyms for falling behind

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