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come from behind
Idioms and Phrases
Also, come up from behind . Advance from the rear or from a losing position, as in You can expect the Mets to come from behind before the season is over , or The polls say our candidate is coming up from behind . This idiom, which originated in horse racing, was first transferred to scores in various sports and later to more general use.Example Sentences
Arsenel come from behind to beat West Ham United 4-3 as they continue to push for a European qualification spot in the Women's Super League.
It has proved a testing run for the league leaders, who conceded a last-gasp equaliser against Everton in an emotional Merseyside derby draw at Goodison Park last Wednesday, scraped a hard-fought 2-1 win over Wolves at Anfield on Sunday and then had to come from behind for the point at Villa.
Harry Maguire heads home a last-gasp winner from what appears to be an offside position as Manchester United come from behind to beat Leicester City 2-1 in the FA Cup.
Watch highlights as Jared Goff throws three touchdowns and 303 yards as the Detroit Lions come from behind to defeat the San Francisco 49ers 40-34 in California.
It took a Gabriel Jesus hat-trick, his first goals at Emirates Stadium for more than a year, to come from behind against the Eagles and leave them one two-legged tie away from a first final since that 2020 triumph.
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Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
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