Down and Trailing

Down

Down adverb - Toward or in a lower position.

Trailing and down are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Trailing" instead an adverb "Down".

Nearby Word: downed

Trailing

Trailing noun - The act of going after or in the tracks of another.
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Synonyms for Trailing

Down and trailing are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Down" instead an adverb "Trailing".

Nearby Words: trail, trailed

Mutual synonyms

Both words in one sentence

  • Near the end, he starts trailing off; after a worried second, the girl asks if he's dead, and her brother responds that no, he just turned down Gramps' oxygen.
  • The WWF found themselves trailing behind WCW, and staring down the barrel of bankruptcy.
  • Series / Survivor In Pearl Islands the Morgan tribe was trailing in a challenge and they somehow figured that stripping down would help them.
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