drop back behind
1drop back/behind — ► drop back/behind fall back or get left behind. Main Entry: ↑drop …
2drop back/behind — FALL BACK/BEHIND, get left behind, lag behind; straggle, linger, dawdle, dally, hang back, loiter, bring/take up the rear; informal dilly dally. → drop * * * fall back or get left behind the colt was struggling to stay with the …
3drop back/behind — fall back or get left behind. → drop …
4drop back — ► drop back/behind fall back or get left behind. Main Entry: ↑drop …
5drop back — drop behind he dropped back and was soon lost in the crowd Syn: fall back/behind, get left behind, lag behind; straggle, linger, dawdle, dally, hang back, loiter, bring/take up the rear, dilly dally …
6drop back — verb 1. take position in the rear, as in a military formation or in the line of scrimmage in football (Freq. 1) The defender dropped back behind his teammate • Hypernyms: ↑move • Verb Frames: Somebody s 2. to lag or linger behind …
7drop back — phrasal verb [intransitive] Word forms drop back : present tense I/you/we/they drop back he/she/it drops back present participle dropping back past tense dropped back past participle dropped back 1) same as drop I, 3), c) drop back to: Economic… …
8ˌdrop ˈback — phrasal verb 1) to fall to a lower amount or rate Economic growth will drop back to 3% this year.[/ex] 2) to start walking, running, driving etc behind other people in a group or race …
9drop back — run slower than before, run further behind Our horse dropped back to fourth place and lost the race …
10drop — ► VERB (dropped, dropping) 1) fall or cause to fall. 2) sink to the ground. 3) make or become lower, weaker, or less. 4) abandon or discontinue. 5) (often drop off) set down or unload (a passenger or goods) …