English / phrasal verb
stay behind
MEANING IN ENGLISH
To remain in a place after others leave, or to lag behind in progress and development
In context
01
Companies that fail to adopt modern automation tools will inevitably stay behind their tech-driven competitors.
02
Several researchers chose to stay behind in the robotics laboratory to complete debugging the autonomous system.
Synonyms
lag behind,remain,linger
Antonyms
forge ahead,advance,outpace
Collocations
stay behind in innovation,stay behind schedule,stay behind after hours