The pay for government workers lags behind the pay for workers in private industry.
He lagged far behind his classmates in reading and math skills.
New idioms dictionary. 2014.
lag behind something — lag behind (someone/something) to not be at the level that someone or something else has already achieved. The pay for government workers lags behind the pay for workers in private industry. He lagged far behind his classmates in reading and math … New idioms dictionary
lag behind — (someone/something) to not be at the level that someone or something else has already achieved. The pay for government workers lags behind the pay for workers in private industry. He lagged far behind his classmates in reading and math skills.… … New idioms dictionary
lag — I UK [læɡ] / US verb Word forms lag : present tense I/you/we/they lag he/she/it lags present participle lagging past tense lagged past participle lagged 1) [intransitive] to not be as successful or advanced as another person, organization, or… … English dictionary
lag — I. /læg / (say lag) verb (i) (lagged, lagging) 1. to decrease, wane, or flag: his interest in the project is lagging. 2. Marbles a. → phernudge. b. US to throw one s shooting marble towards a line on the ground in order to decide on the order of… …
get behind — verb to lag or linger behind (Freq. 1) But in so many other areas we still are dragging • Syn: ↑drag, ↑trail, ↑hang back, ↑drop behind, ↑drop back • Derivationally related forms: ↑ … Useful english dictionary
Computers and Information Systems — ▪ 2009 Introduction Smartphone: The New Computer. The market for the smartphone in reality a handheld computer for Web browsing, e mail, music, and video that was integrated with a cellular telephone continued to grow in 2008. According to… … Universalium
trail — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) n. track, spoor, footprints; tire, etc., tracks; vestige, scent; path, wake; train. v. track, scent; hang; lag, dawdle, crawl, straggle; drag, draw. See slowness, pursuit. II (Roget s IV) n. Syn. trace,… … English dictionary for students
Europe, history of — Introduction history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… … Universalium
United Kingdom — a kingdom in NW Europe, consisting of Great Britain and Northern Ireland: formerly comprising Great Britain and Ireland 1801 1922. 58,610,182; 94,242 sq. mi. (244,100 sq. km). Cap.: London. Abbr.: U.K. Official name, United Kingdom of Great… … Universalium
star — starless, adj. /stahr/, n., adj., v., starred, starring. n. 1. any of the heavenly bodies, except the moon, appearing as fixed luminous points in the sky at night. 2. Astron. any of the large, self luminous, heavenly bodies, as the sun, Polaris,… … Universalium
