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 someone — 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 — Payment of a financial obligation later than is expected or required, as in lead and lag. Also, the number of periods that an independent variable in a regression model is held back in order to predict the dependent variable. The New York Times… … Financial and business terms
lag — Payment of a financial obligation later than is expected or required, as in lead and lag. Also, the number of periods that an dependent variable in a regression model is held back in order to predict the dependent variable. Bloomberg Financial… … Financial and business terms
lag — 01. I was able to keep up at the start of the race, but began to [lag] behind after a mile or so. 02. The movie [lagged] a bit at the beginning, but then the action started, and it was great. 03. The young boy [lagged] behind after school,… … Grammatical examples in English
behind — prep., adv., & n. prep. 1 a in, towards, or to the rear of. b on the further side of (behind the bush). c hidden by (something behind that remark). 2 a in the past in relation to (trouble is behind me now). b late in relation to (behind schedule) … Useful english dictionary
behind — /bi huynd /, prep. 1. at or toward the rear of: Look behind the house. 2. not keeping up with, later than; after: behind schedule. 3. in the state of making less progress than: We can t afford to fall behind our competitors. 4. on the farther… … Universalium
lag — 1. adjective /laɡ,læɡ/ late Some tardy cripple bore the countermand, / That came too lag to see him buried. 2. noun /laɡ,læɡ/ a) A gap, a delay; an interval created by something not keeping up; a latency. During the Second Wo … Wiktionary
lag — /læg/ verb to be behind or to be slower than something … Dictionary of banking and finance
fall behind — verb 1. retreat (Freq. 2) • Syn: ↑fall back, ↑lose, ↑drop off, ↑recede • Ant: ↑gain (for: ↑fall back) … Useful english dictionary
