drop behind (English, verb)
expansion: drop behind (third-person singular simple present drops behind, present participle dropping behind, simple past and past participle dropped behind)
Senses:
glosses: To suddenly do worse than others; to become out-of-date or to fail to keep up with others.
tags: intransitive
transitive
glosses: Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stand, behind.
Forms:
form: drops behind
tags: present
singular
third-person
form: dropping behind
tags: participle
present
form: dropped behind
tags: participle
past
form: dropped behind
tags: past