1. Retreat
   - fall back, lose, drop off, recede 
2. Hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
   - lag, dawdle, fall back

Derived forms: fallen behind, fell behind, falls behind, falling behind

See also: fall

Type of: follow, regress, retrograde, retrogress

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