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

Derived forms: gets behind, getting behind, got behind

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

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get about
get across
get ahead
get along
get along with
get around
get around to
get at
get away
get back
get behind
get by
get cracking
get down
get down to brass tacks
get dressed
get even
get going
get hitched
get hitched with
get hold