to straggle behind

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• straggle — strag|gle [ˈstrægəl] v [I] 1.) if the people in a group straggle somewhere, they go there fairly slowly and with large spaces between them straggle in/into/through etc ▪ The children were beginning to straggle in from the playground. straggle… …   Dictionary of contemporary English

• straggle — ► VERB 1) trail slowly behind the person or people in front. 2) grow or spread out in an irregular, untidy way. ► NOUN ▪ an irregular and untidy group. DERIVATIVES straggler noun straggly adjective. ORIGIN …   English terms dictionary

• straggle — Synonyms and related words: amble, barge, bat around, be lengthy, be prolonged, belong, bowl along, bum, bundle, clump, count ties, crane, dawdle, divagate, drag, drift, err, excurse, extend, extend out, fall behind, flit, flounce, foot, footslog …   Moby Thesaurus

• straggle — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) v. drag, dawdle, bring up the rear, trail, drag one s feet; disperse; meander, wander, rove, stray. See slowness, deviation. II (Roget s IV) v. Syn. ramble, stray, wander, fall behind; see lag 1 , loiter …   English dictionary for students

• straggle — strag·gle || strægl v. fall behind, wander away from, stray from; ramble, wander; grow or spread out in an untidy or irregular fashion …   English contemporary dictionary

• straggle — verb 1》 move along slowly so as to trail behind the person or people in front. 2》 grow or spread out in an irregular, untidy way. noun an irregular and untidy group. Derivatives straggler noun straggly adjective Origin ME: perh. from dialect… …   English new terms dictionary

• straggle — verb (I) 1 to move at a slower speed than the group you are with so that you remain at a distance behind them (+ in): runners straggling in two hours after the leaders 2 to move, grow, or spread out untidily in different directions: thin, black,… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

• straggle — verb we were straggling toward the end, but we weren t the last ones to cross the finish line Syn: trail, lag, dawdle, walk slowly, dally, lollygag; fall behind, bring up the rear …   Thesaurus of popular words

• straggle — /ˈstrægəl / (say straguhl) verb (i) (straggled, straggling) 1. to stray from the road, course, or line of march. 2. to wander about in a scattered fashion; ramble. 3. to go, come, or spread in a scattered, irregular fashion. 4. to fail to keep up …  

• straggle — v. & n. v.intr. 1 lack or lose compactness or tidiness. 2 be or become dispersed or sporadic. 3 trail behind others in a march or race etc. 4 (of a plant, beard, etc.) grow long and loose. n. a body or group of straggling or scattered persons or… …   Useful english dictionary

• fall behind — Synonyms and related words: back, back up, backslide, cock, come after, come last, dawdle, drag, fall astern, fall back, follow, get behind, go back, go backwards, go behind, hang back, jerk back, lag, lag behind, lapse, linger, linger behind,… …   Moby Thesaurus