Usually means: Fail to keep pace with.
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  1. lag behind: Wiktionary
  2. lag behind: Dictionary.com
  3. lag behind: TheFreeDictionary.com

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  1. lag behind: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (lag behind)

verb:  (transitive or intransitive) To fail to keep pace; to fail to keep up with one's peers; to achieve or impress less than one's peers; to move more slowly than one's peers.

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