être en retard — meaning in English
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English meaning
- lag verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
Senses
être en retard is used for these senses in English:
- be late (colloquial) To have one’s menstrual discharge late, implying successful nidation suspected.
- fall behind (idiomatic, intransitive) To be late (for a regular event)
- lag To fail to keep up (the pace), to fall behind.
lag — full definition
- verb To fall behind or fail to keep pace with something else.
- noun A delay between one event and another, especially in a signal, response, or process.