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Second lag (3,6)

Ross

I believe the answer is:

get behind

This clue is a double definition.

'second' is the first definition.
(thesaurus)

'lag' is the second definition.
(getting behind is a kind of lagging)

I've seen this clue in The Everyman puzzle in The Observer.
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