behind schedule
idiom
: not according to schedule : late
We're running about five minutes behind schedule.
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Eventually the family was allowed to continue on the flight, which landed in Newark nearly an hour behind schedule.
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Aaron Cooper, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
According to a Navy report from last year, several major shipbuilding programs are years behind schedule, owing largely to a lack of workers.
—Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 2 Jan. 2025
The flight eventually took off and arrived in Miami nearly three hours behind schedule, according to flight-tracking data.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
By then, the fund was almost 10 months and 140 dispensaries behind schedule.
—Ashley Southall, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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Aaron Cooper, CNN, 24 Mar. 2025
According to a Navy report from last year, several major shipbuilding programs are years behind schedule, owing largely to a lack of workers.
—Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 2 Jan. 2025
The flight eventually took off and arrived in Miami nearly three hours behind schedule, according to flight-tracking data.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 12 Mar. 2025
By then, the fund was almost 10 months and 140 dispensaries behind schedule.
—Ashley Southall, New York Times, 26 Feb. 2025
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“Behind schedule.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/behind%20schedule. Accessed 11 Apr. 2025.
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