drop behind

1. 1.

   to lag or linger behind

   “But in so many other areas we still are dragging”

   Synonymsdragtrailget behindhang backdrop back

   Broaderlag

Questions about drop behind

What does drop behind mean?

drop behind means "to lag or linger behind".

What is another word for drop behind?

Close synonyms include drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop back. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is drop behind a common word?

drop behind is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.