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(adverb) in or to or toward the rear; "he followed behind"; "seen from behind, the house is more imposing than it is from the front"; "the final runners were far behind" |
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(adverb) remaining in a place or condition that has been left or departed from; "when he died he left much unfinished work behind"; "left a large family behind"; "the children left their books behind"; "he took off with a squeal of tires and left the other cars far behind" |
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(adverb) in debt; "he fell behind with his mortgage payments"; "a month behind in the rent"; "a company that has been run behindhand for years"; "in arrears with their utility bills" |
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Synonyms: behindhand, in arrears |
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(adverb) in or into an inferior position; "fell behind in his studies"; "their business was lagging behind in the competition for customers" |
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(adverb) of timepieces; "the clock is almost an hour slow"; "my watch is running behind" |
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Synonyms: slow |
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(satellite adjective) having the lower score or lagging position in a contest; "behind by two points"; "the 8th inning found the home team trailing" |
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Synonyms: trailing |
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(noun) the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on |
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Synonyms: arse, ass, backside, bottom, bum, buns, butt, buttocks, can, derriere, fanny, fundament, hind end, hindquarters, keister, posterior, prat, rear, rear end, rump, seat, stern, tail, tail end, tooshie, tush |
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Related Words: body part |
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