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Verb: drop behind  dróp bi'hInd
  1. To lag or linger behind
    "But in so many other areas we still are dropping behind";
    - drag, trail, get behind, hang back, drop back

Derived forms: dropped behind, drops behind, dropping behind

Type of: dawdle, fall back, fall behind, lag