Usually means: Fall back, lose relative position.
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General (11 matching dictionaries)
  1. drop behind: Merriam-Webster
  2. drop behind: Vocabulary.com
  3. drop behind: Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  4. drop behind: Wiktionary
  5. drop behind: Dictionary.com
  6. drop behind: Rhymezone
  7. drop behind: FreeDictionary.org
  8. drop behind: Mnemonic Dictionary
  9. drop behind: TheFreeDictionary.com

Business (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. drop behind: Legal dictionary
  2. drop behind: Financial dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. drop behind: Encyclopedia

Medicine (2 matching dictionaries)
  1. drop behind: Merriam-Webster Medical Dictionary
  2. drop behind: Medical dictionary

Miscellaneous (1 matching dictionary)
  1. drop behind: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (drop behind)

verb:  (transitive or intransitive) To suddenly do worse than others; to become out-of-date or to fail to keep up with others.
verb:  Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see stand, behind.

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