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Meaning of trail behind | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

To increase or to succeed at a rate lower than (something else).
transitive
To follow (someone) slowly, usually surreptitiously.
transitive

Examples

“Tech stocks trailed behind the overall market today.”

“In many constituencies, over 30% of the second vote went to the AfD. The CDU and SPD trailed far behind.”

CEFR level

B2

Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.

See also

trail hunt trail hunted trail hunting trail hunts trail off trailblaze