āĻ āĻ¨ā§āĻ¸āĻ¨ā§āĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻ āĻāĻŋāĻ§āĻžāĻ¨ā§āĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
āĻāĻĒāĻ¨āĻžāĻ° āĻāĻžāĻˇāĻž āĻ¨āĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāĻ¨ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻ¨
fall behind
/fËÉËl bÉĒhËaÉĒnd/
to fall behind
[phrase form: fall]
01
āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻ¯āĻžāĻāĻ¯āĻŧāĻž
to fail to keep up in work, studies, or performance
Intransitive
Transitive: to fall behind a competitor
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
He began to fall behind in class after missing several lessons.
āĻāĻ¯āĻŧā§āĻāĻāĻŋ āĻĒāĻžāĻ āĻŽāĻŋāĻ¸ āĻāĻ°āĻžāĻ° āĻĒāĻ°ā§ āĻ¤āĻŋāĻ¨āĻŋ āĻā§āĻ˛āĻžāĻ¸ā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻ¤ā§ āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°ā§āĻāĻŋāĻ˛ā§āĻ¨āĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻŽā§āĻ¨ā§āĻā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž, āĻāĻŖ āĻāĻŽāĻž āĻāĻ°āĻž
to owe money due to not paying when required
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāĻ°āĻŖ
I 'm starting to fall behind on credit card bills.
āĻāĻŽāĻŋ āĻā§āĻ°ā§āĻĄāĻŋāĻ āĻāĻžāĻ°ā§āĻĄā§āĻ° āĻŦāĻŋāĻ˛ā§ āĻĒāĻŋāĻāĻŋāĻ¯āĻŧā§ āĻĒāĻĄāĻŧāĻž āĻļā§āĻ°ā§ āĻāĻ°āĻāĻŋāĨ¤
āĻ¨āĻŋāĻāĻāĻŦāĻ°ā§āĻ¤ā§ āĻļāĻŦā§āĻĻ
