behind in

Idioms  

1. 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 should have been here; it's behind time . [Early 1300s] Also see fall behind .

2. In arrears, owing more than one should. For example, Jane and Bob are behind in their payments, so the interest will mount up . [Late 1300s]

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Example Sentences

It was the first time the Gunners had been behind in this season's Champions League.

From BBC

The risk was that genuine projects, further behind in the queue but which could provide new jobs and local economic growth, were being blocked.

From BBC

Wedged between Asian giants India and China, Nepal’s economy has lagged behind in recent years.

From The Wall Street Journal

As a kid with learning differences, whose undiagnosed dyslexia put him behind in school.

From Los Angeles Times

In the freedom of having his first house since he stayed behind in New Jersey in the wake of his family relocating to California five years prior, the young Springsteen did not have many possessions to move in.

From Salon