Trail behind Crossword Clue

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Trail behind Crossword Answer

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(verb)
1. lock up or confine, in or as in a jail
2. hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
(noun)
1. the time between one event, process, or period and another
2. the act of slowing down or falling behind

Hint 2: Clue Definitions

BEHIND (adverb)
1. of timepieces
2. in debt
BEHIND (noun)
1. the fleshy part of the human body that you sit on
BEHIND (adjective)
1. having the lower score or lagging position in a contest
TRAIL (verb)
1. to lag or linger behind
2. go after with the intent to catch
TRAIL (noun)
1. evidence pointing to a possible solution
2. a path or track roughly blazed through wild or hilly country

Hint 3: Anagram

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