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fall behind

idiom

To be late (for a regular event)


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Related idioms8entries
  1. 01

    fall apart

    To be emotionally in crisis.

  2. 02

    fall around

    To fall over continually, especially through drunkenness, clumsiness, or incompetence.

  3. 03

    fall asleep

    To be affected by paresthesia; to go numb.

  4. 04

    fall at the last hurdle

    To fail near the end of an activity, a project, etc.

  5. 05

    fall between the cracks

    To wind up in an unexpected situation which is, inadvertently, invisible to or not handled by whatever process one had hoped to be subject to; to be overlooked.

  6. 06

    fall between two stools

    To fit into neither of two categories and, hence, be neglected or fail.

  7. 07

    fall by the wayside

    To fail to be completed, particularly for lack of interest; to be left out, to suffer from neglect.

  8. 08

    fall for

    To be fooled by; to walk into (a trap) or respond to (a scam or trick).

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