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

Alex Nedeljkovic then replaced Askarov, but the Avalanche scored on their next shot, as a breakdown by the Sharks allowed Joel Kiviranta to get behind the defense, take a pass from Ivan Ivan and beat Nedeljkovic for a 5-0 Colorado lead. —Curtis Pashelka, Mercury News, 27 Nov. 2025

Investigators in that case alleged that Jamal-Francis got behind the wheel drunk to drive his son to practice. —Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 21 Nov. 2025

Afterward, however, everyone’s being advised to get behind the rebrand. —Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 14 Nov. 2025

But many Democrats, including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer of New York, declined to get behind his candidacy. —Andrew Stanton, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2025

Rhymes for get behind

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