get behind

phrasal verb

got behind; got behind or gotten behind; getting behind; gets behind

1

: to fail to do something as quickly as required or expected

We've been getting further (and further) behind (schedule).

We got behind with our car payments.

2

: to support (someone or something)

The proposal may succeed if a few more people get behind it.

Examples of get behind in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Kentucky State Police is urging drivers to stay safe and only get behind the wheel sober. —Marina Johnson, Louisville Courier Journal, 31 Dec. 2025

Denny Hamlin, a three-time Daytona 500 winner, had long credited his father with getting behind his childhood dream of racing at the highest levels. —David K. Li, NBC news, 30 Dec. 2025

Tampa Bay erased a one-goal deficit when Jake Guentzel got behind Florida’s special teams backline and rifled a short past Sergei Bobrovsky. —Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 28 Dec. 2025

But Rust drew the Penguins even 44 seconds later, getting behind Nicolas Roy and Chris Tanev for a successful breakaway. —CBS News, 24 Dec. 2025

Rhymes for get behind

• countersigned
• disinclined
• humankind
• interlined
• intertwined
• mastermind
• misaligned
• nonaligned
• predefined
• realigned
• reassigned
• recombined