behind : Idioms & Phrases

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behind-the-scenes

  • adjective satellite designed and carried out secretly or confidentially
    under-the-table; sub-rosa.
    • a sub-rosa report
    • has their under-the-table backing
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drop behind

  • verb to lag or linger behind
    drop behind; hang back; trail; drag; drop back.
    • But in so many other areas we still are dragging
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fall behind

  • verb retreat
    drop off; fall back; recede; lose.
  • verb hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
    dawdle; fall back; lag.
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get behind

  • verb to lag or linger behind
    drop behind; hang back; trail; drag; drop back.
    • But in so many other areas we still are dragging
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leave behind

  • verb depart and not take along
    • He left behind all his possessions when he moved to Europe
  • verb be survived by after one's death
    leave.
    • He left six children
    • At her death, she left behind her husband and 11 cats
  • verb leave unchanged or undisturbed or refrain from taking
    leave; leave alone.
    • leave it as is
    • leave the young fawn alone
    • leave the flowers that you see in the park behind
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put behind bars

  • verb lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
    incarcerate; jug; remand; lag; immure; gaol; jail; put away; imprison.
    • The suspects were imprisoned without trial
    • the murderer was incarcerated for the rest of his life
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To get behind

  • to fall in the rear; to lag.
Webster 1913