Betekenis van:
fall behind

to fall behind
Werkwoord
  • in snelheid, ontwikkeling enz. achter anderen blijven
  • retreat

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Hyperoniemen

to fall behind
Werkwoord
  • achterliggen, achterstaan
  • hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

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Hyponiemen

to fall behind
Werkwoord
  • achterblijven
  • hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

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Werkwoord

fall behind

Voorbeeldzinnen

  1. Spring ahead, fall behind.
  2. Don't fall behind other companies!
  3. In that case, they fall behind.
  4. I fall behind him in this respect.
  5. Walk faster so as not to fall behind.
  6. We read newspapers so that we may not fall behind the times.
  7. Read the newspaper every day, or you will fall behind the times.
  8. I make it a rule to read the newspaper every day lest I should fall behind the times.
  9. Some exporters argued that the reason behind the fall in the price of salmon on the Community market was an oversupply by the Community producers.
  10. The intention behind this was to allow the company to maintain the value of its capital, in order to ensure that its losses did not make its share capital and reserves fall below the legal limit, thereby preventing insolvency proceedings (procedura concorsuale), and to ensure that the possibility of privatisation remained open and credible.