What are some opposite words for fall behind?
Antonyms for fall behindfall be·hind
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term fall behind.
Princeton's WordNet
fall back, lose, drop off, fall behind, recedeverb
retreat
Synonyms:
unload, fall asleep, misplace, lose, draw back, mislay, drop off, retire, withdraw, retreat, turn a loss, lapse, fall away, drift off, dope off, relapse, recidivate, fall back, dawdle, pull away, drop away, recur, resort, set down, recede, put down, doze off, move back, nod off, regress, drop, suffer, discharge, miss, drowse off, retrogress, lag, pull back, slip, flake outlag, dawdle, fall back, fall behindverb
hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
Synonyms:
lag, immure, recur, incarcerate, relapse, retrogress, dally, linger, lapse, remand, regress, imprison, jug, dawdle, fall back, put behind bars, lose, gaol, jail, resort, recede, drop off, put away, recidivate
How to use fall behind in a sentence?
We have to win tomorrow, after losing again tonight’s game now we fall behind them, tomorrow’s a really important game for us.
Disappointing outcome for us, we got off to a bad start, I thought. Fell behind, and you don’t want to fall behind to a team like this. They chew a lot of time off the clock with the running game.
Turn your face to the sun and the shadows fall behind you.
Reasonable people may disagree about a lot, but we can all agree that we must keep our children in the classroom so they don't fall behind and so their parents can go to work and not take time off to watch their kids at home.
If [the U.S.] are laggards, it won’t be good for our markets, it won’t be good for our companies, the U.S. doesn’t want to fall behind, or our financial system will be more vulnerable to climate risk.
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