behind time

English

Pronunciation

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Prepositional phrase

behind time

1. (idiomatic) Late, arriving late.

   We should leave now - I don't want to be too behind time.

   I'm running behind time. I should be home in half an hour or so.

Translations

arriving late

Chinese: Mandarin: 遲到 / 迟到 (zh) (chídào), 來晚 / 来晚 (lái wǎn) Dutch: te laat, achter (nl), achter op schema Finnish: myöhässä (fi) French: (colloquial) à la bourre (fr), en retard (fr) Portuguese: para trás Russian: не во́время (ru) (ne vóvremja), с опозда́нием (s opozdánijem) Spanish: atrasado (es)