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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: getting behind, got behind, gets behind

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