Fellow Not Keeping Up Is Losing Puff Crossword Clue

We think the answer is "FLAGGING" which means:

noun
• • Flagstones collectively
• • A walk of flagstones
adjective satellite
• • Weak from exhaustion
verb
• • To furnish or deck out with flags.
• • To mark with a flag, especially to indicate the importance of something.
• • (often with down) to signal to, especially to stop a passing vehicle etc.
• • To convey (a message) by means of flag signals.
• • (often with up) to note, mark or point out for attention.
• • To signal (an event).
• • To set a program variable to true.
• • To decoy (game) by waving a flag, handkerchief, etc. to arouse the animal's curiosity.
• • To penalize for an infraction.
• • To defeat (an opponent) on time, especially in a blitz game.
• • To weaken, become feeble.
• • To hang loose without stiffness; to bend down, as flexible bodies; to be loose, yielding, limp.
• • To let droop; to suffer to fall, or let fall, into feebleness.
• • To enervate; to exhaust the vigour or elasticity of.
• • To pave with flagstones.

An example sentence would be:

• • "The flagging on my porch is starting to fade."
• • "The flagging on the construction site needs to be replaced."

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