verb · irregular · transitive · rare

lag behind

lag behind · lags behind · lagged behind · lagging behind

To fail to keep pace; to fail to keep up with one's peers; to achieve or impress less…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.

» Tom is the one who's lagging behind.

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Meaning

1 senses

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.

Examples

20 sentences

Tom is the one who's lagging behind.
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The most recent report shows that we are lagging behind our competitors.
ruПоследний доклад показывает, что мы отстаём от конкурентов. — Wezel
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He was lagging behind his classmates in every class.
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You're lagging behind.
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We're lagging behind.
ruМы отстаём. — Wezel
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Forms

lags behind, lagging behind, lagged behind, lagged behind

Base form	lag behind · to lag behind
3rd person singular	lags behind
Present participle	lagging behind
Past simple	lagged behind
Past participle	lagged behind

irregular

Present simpleLesson

I, you, we, they	lag behind
he, she, it	lags behind

Past simpleLesson

all persons

lagged behind

Present perfectLesson

I, you, we, they	have lagged behind
he, she, it	has lagged behind

Future simple (will)Lesson