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lags behind

lags behind is the third-person singular simple present indicative 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 lags behind

What is lags behind the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Lags behind is the third-person singular simple present indicative of lag behind.

Words near lags behind in the dictionary

  1. lagrimoso
  2. Lagro
  3. Lagrone
  4. Lagrones
  5. lags
  6. lags behind
  7. lags off
  8. lagtang
  9. Lagthing
  10. lagtime
  11. lagtimes

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