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lag behind

lag behind verb: to fail to keep pace; to fail to keep up with one's peers; to achieve or impress less than one's peers; to move more slowly than one's peers.

Verb

lag behind (third-person singular simple present lags behind, present participle lagging behind, simple past and past participle lagged behind)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To fail to keep pace; to fail to keep up with one's peers; to achieve or impress less than one's peers; to move more slowly than one's peers.
    • Liam was lagging behind in the race.
    • Until now these for the most part have lagged far behind those of Western Europe in speed; over the longer distances average speeds well below 40 m.p.h. have been the rule.1962 December, “Beyond the Channel: U.S.S.R.: Train speeds still rising”, in Modern Railways, page 418

lag behind meaning in Tamil, Kannada and Odia

lag behind in Tamil

பின்தங்கு

lag behind in Kannada

ತಡಮಾಡು, ವಿಳಂಬಿಸು, ನಿಧಾನವಾಗಿ ಸಾಗು, ಹಿಂದೆ ಬೀಳು

lag behind in Odia

to lag behind
ପଛାଇବା pachāibā

Forms of lag behind

third-person singular presentlags behind
present participlelagging behind
past participlelagged behind
pastlagged behind

Questions about lag behind

What does lag behind mean?
Lag behind means to fail to keep pace; to fail to keep up with one's peers; to achieve or impress less than one's peers; to move more slowly than one's peers.
What is lag behind in Tamil?
Lag behind in Tamil is பின்தங்கு. See Lag behind meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is lag behind?
Lag behind is a verb.
What is the past tense of lag behind?
The past tense of lag behind is lagged behind.

Words near lag behind in the dictionary

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  2. Lafufus
  3. lafutidine
  4. lag
  5. Lag B'Omer
  6. lag behind
  7. lag bolt
  8. lag bolts
  9. lag machine
  10. lag machines
  11. lag off

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Adapted from Wiktionary: lag behind (page history and authors); lag behind (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); lag behind (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); ପଛାଇବା (Odia) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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