Idiom
fall behind
Meaning
To be late (for a regular event)
Meaning adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.
Examples
“I always fall behind when I miss class.”
“If you do not finish your daily tasks, you will quickly fall behind on the project.”
“Because he struggled to grasp the complex material, he began to fall behind his peers, eventually requiring extra tutoring to catch up.”
Examples
simple
“I always fall behind when I miss class.”
contextual
“If you do not finish your daily tasks, you will quickly fall behind on the project.”
complex
“Because he struggled to grasp the complex material, he began to fall behind his peers, eventually requiring extra tutoring to catch up.”
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