Behind hand
late; tardy.
behind in progress; backward:
They were never behindhand in following artistic fads.
in debt or arrears.
Historical Examples
Memoir, Correspondence, And Miscellanies, From The Papers Of Thomas Jefferson Thomas Jefferson
The story of Burnt Njal Anonymous
Funny Big Socks Sarah L. Barrow
Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China Evariste Regis Huc
A Lecture On Heads Geo. Alex. Stevens
A Study In Scarlet Arthur Conan Doyle
Garrick’s Pupil Auguston Filon
adjective, adverb (postpositive)
remiss in fulfilling an obligation
in debt; in arrears
delayed in development; backward
late; behind time
adv., adj.
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- Behind in
Also, behind on. Late with; not progressing quickly enough with. For example, The builders are behind on this project, or I can’t take time out or I’ll be too far behind in my work. The same idea is also expressed as behind time, where time means a schedule or appointed time, as in The bus […]
- Behind one's back
the rear part of the human body, extending from the neck to the lower end of the spine. the part of the body of animals corresponding to the human back. the rear portion of any part of the body: the back of the head. the whole body, with reference to clothing: the clothes on his […]
- Scene
the place where some action or event occurs: He returned to the scene of the murder. any view or picture. an incident or situation in real life. an embarrassing outbreak or display of anger, strong feeling, or bad manners: Please don’t make a scene in such a public place. a division of a play or […]
- Behind someone's back
Out of one’s presence or without someone’s knowledge, as in Joan has a nasty way of maligning her friends behind their backs. Sir Thomas Malory used this metaphoric term in Le Morte d’Arthur (c. 1470): “To say of me wrong or shame behind my back.” [ Early 1300s ]
- Behind the curve
a continuously bending line, without angles. the act or extent of curving. any curved outline, form, thing, or part. a curved section of a road, path, hallway, etc. Railroads. a curved section of track: in the U.S. the curve is often expressed as the central angle, measured in degrees, of a curved section of track […]