behindhand
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Considering that this Fantaisie' was ordered, and paid for, and eaten more than a year ago, I realize that I am behindhand with it.
From Time Magazine Archive
‘Trying?’ said the Judge, looking up from his soup; for the Bride had determined not to be behindhand in keeping her promise, and had opened the attack thus early.
From A Bride from the Bush by E. W. (Ernest William) Hornung
Not only were the mails often one day behindhand in arriving in London, but the letters they brought were charged with an additional rate of postage in respect of the distance between Dublin and Howth.
From The History of the Post Office From Its Establishment Down to 1836 by Herbert Joyce
“Papa got to be very much behindhand through Frank and Cyril.”
From Eli's Children The Chronicles of an Unhappy Family by George Manville Fenn
Suppose a crew are backward as oarsmen and also behindhand in condition.
From Boating by W. B. Woodgate
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