remain behind in English

fall behind in payments

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1. You asked for one ship to remain behind.

2. The papal captain have vainly endeavoured to induce his wife to remain behind him.

3. Senior Conservatives now concede privately that they are likely to remain behind until polling day.

4. Hundreds reportedly remain behind bars, and several are dead at the hands of their own government.

5. The Arapaimas follow the floods into the jungle, and then remain behind in the ponds after the waters drop

6. The Allies repatriated the remaining Japanese troops and civilians to Japan, although about 1,000 elected to remain behind and later assisted Republican forces in fighting for independence.

7. 9 Let each company prepare houses, and fields for raising agrain, for those who are to remain behind this season; and this is the will of the Lord concerning his people.

8. Abide (v.) Old English abidan, gebidan "remain, wait, wait for, delay, remain behind," from ge-completive prefix (denoting onward motion; see a-(1)) + bidan "bide, remain, wait, dwell" (see bide).

9. So society proceeds to feed, clothe and house me for however long I must remain behind bars and perhaps even beyond; this is not so much a repayment of debt as an abdication of responsibility.”

10. Abiding comes from the Old English abidan, gebidan meaning "remain, wait, delay, remain behind." It's a word that's typically used to describe a feeling or memory that remains behind or lingers in your mind a while