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running behind

running behind is the present participle and gerund of run behind.

Meaning of run behind

Verb

run behind (third-person singular simple present runs behind, present participle running behind, simple past ran behind, past participle run behind)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run, behind.
  2. To be late; to be behind schedule.

Questions about running behind

What is running behind the present participle and gerund of?
Running behind is the present participle and gerund of run behind.

Words near running behind in the dictionary

  1. running backs
  2. running barefoot through
  3. running battle
  4. running battles
  5. running before
  6. running behind
  7. running block
  8. running blocks
  9. running board
  10. running boards
  11. running by

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Adapted from Wiktionary: running behind (page history and authors); run behind (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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