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lagged behind

lagged behind is the simple past and past participle of lag behind.

Meaning of lag behind

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.

Questions about lagged behind

What is lagged behind the simple past and past participle of?
Lagged behind is the simple past and past participle of lag behind.

Words near lagged behind in the dictionary

  1. laggardly
  2. laggardness
  3. laggards
  4. laggars
  5. lagged
  6. lagged behind
  7. lagged off
  8. lagger
  9. laggers
  10. laggier
  11. laggiest

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