come from behind

1. Also, come up from behind. Advance from the rear or from a losing position, as in You can expect the Mets to come from behind before the season is over, or The polls say our candidate is coming up from behind. This idiom, which originated in horse racing, was first transferred to scores in various sports and later to more general use.

Example Sentences

If any team could come from behind, it is Stokes' men.

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Gannon-Doak pulled a goal back for in the 65th minute and Ryan Christie nodded home Robertson's cross as news filtered through from Copenhagen that Belarus had come from behind to take the lead.

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Arsenal lead City by six points, which is the exact most points a team have ever come from behind at this stage to win a title.

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Now, in the wake of a thrilling, hard-fought seven game World Series that saw the Dodgers come from behind to defeat the Blue Jays on Saturday night in a game that extended to 11 innings — making them rare back-to-back champions — there’s no better time to contemplate how to turn the tide.

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Their side had not long come from behind to go 2-1 up against Newcastle United when gallows humour swept across the London Stadium.

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