fall behind

rester en arrière, prendre du retard

Avancer plus lentement que les autres et se retrouver de plus en plus loin derrière eux.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : fall behind someone/something (The tired child fell behind the group.)

Synonymes : lag behind, get behind

Contraires : catch up

Expressions courantes : fall behind someone, fall behind others

prendre du retard

Ne plus effectuer à temps ses paiements ou ses tâches habituelles.

En anglais simple : 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?

Comment l'utiliser : fall behind with something (She fell behind with her rent.); fall behind on something (They have fallen behind on their loan payments.)

Synonymes : get behind

Contraires : catch up

Expressions courantes : fall behind financially, fall behind again

prendre du retard, se laisser distancer

Obtenir des résultats de plus en plus faibles par rapport aux autres ou au niveau attendu.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : fall behind in something (He is falling behind in mathematics.); fall behind someone/something (The company fell behind its competitors.)

Synonymes : lag behind

Contraires : outperform

Expressions courantes : fall behind academically, fall behind competitors

tomber derrière

Tomber dans les airs et atterrir derrière quelque chose.

En anglais simple : 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.

Comment l'utiliser : fall behind something (A pencil fell behind the desk.)

Synonymes : drop behind

Expressions courantes : fall behind furniture, fall behind something