Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

falling behind

Word Rarity Uncommon

Frequency: Zipf frequency 4.57 in modern English

Syllables
falling be-hind
IPA
23
Scrabble Score
13
Letters
2
Syllables
10
Unique Chars

Meaning

verb

present participle and gerund of fall behind

Questions

What does falling behind mean?
present participle and gerund of fall behind

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