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lagging behind

lagging behind is the present participle and gerund 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 lagging behind

What is lagging behind the present participle and gerund of?
Lagging behind is the present participle and gerund of lag behind.

Words near lagging behind in the dictionary

  1. laggers
  2. laggier
  3. laggiest
  4. lagginess
  5. lagging
  6. lagging behind
  7. lagging jacket
  8. lagging jackets
  9. lagging off
  10. lagging strand
  11. lagging strands

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