fall behind

quedarse atrás, rezagarse

Moverse o avanzar más despacio que otros, de modo que la distancia aumenta.

En inglés sencillo: To move or progress more slowly than others, leaving a growing distance between you.

• Don’t fall behind the group.
• I fell behind when the others started running.
• The project is falling behind because we need more workers.

Cómo se usa: fall behind someone/something (The tired child fell behind the group.)

Sinónimos: lag behind, get behind

Antónimos: catch up

Expresiones frecuentes: fall behind someone, fall behind others

atrasarse, retrasarse

Dejar de cumplir a tiempo con pagos o tareas habituales.

En inglés sencillo: To stop making regular payments or completing regular tasks on time.

• We fell behind on our bills.
• He is falling behind with the rent again.
• Have you ever fallen behind on your mortgage payments?

Cómo se usa: fall behind with something (She fell behind with her rent.); fall behind on something (They have fallen behind on their loan payments.)

Sinónimos: get behind

Antónimos: catch up

Expresiones frecuentes: fall behind financially, fall behind again

quedarse atrás, rezagarse

Obtener resultados cada vez peores en comparación con otras personas o con el nivel esperado.

En inglés sencillo: To do increasingly worse than other people or the standard expected.

• She is falling behind in science.
• Our team fell behind the others in overall performance.
• Without training, experienced workers can fall behind younger colleagues.

Cómo se usa: fall behind in something (He is falling behind in mathematics.); fall behind someone/something (The company fell behind its competitors.)

Sinónimos: lag behind

Antónimos: outperform

Expresiones frecuentes: fall behind academically, fall behind competitors

caer detrás de

Caer por el aire y quedar detrás de algo.

En inglés sencillo: To drop down through the air and land at the back of something.

• The coin fell behind the sofa.
• Did your keys fall behind the cupboard?
• Some books fell behind the bed when the shelf broke.

Cómo se usa: fall behind something (A pencil fell behind the desk.)

Sinónimos: drop behind

Expresiones frecuentes: fall behind furniture, fall behind something