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drop behind
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| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | drop behind |
| he/she/it | drops behind |
| present participle | dropping behind |
| past tense | dropped behind |
| past participle | dropped behind |
- same as drop back (sense 2)
Mary dropped behind to walk with Sam.
Jensen has dropped behind into last place.
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