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lag (verb), lags; lagged; lagging
1. To happen or to develop more slowly than expected or wanted; Production was continually lagging far behind demand at the factory.
2. Hanging back or falling behind: Jeremy kept lagging behind the rest of the hikers because he lacked the necessary stamina to keep up with them.
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jet lag (s) (noun) (no plural)
A very tired and unpleasant feeling which a person sometimes gets when he or she travels by aircraft somewhere far away: Gerda had bad jet lag after her last trip overseas.
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