Word info

run behind

Verb

Meaning

Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see run,‎ behind.

To be late; to be behind schedule.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Examples

It was like in Samoa when they'd put up a movie screen on the beach and show movies and the locals would run behind the sheet to see where the people went. It was pretty grim. Dick Wolf

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