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.
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The dog lies flat on the ground, and the groomer has to physically get behind Charlie and lift him up, encouraging him to walk to the van.
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The post consisted of two dashcam images of a distraught 12-year-old who, desperate to heal her sick puppy, got behind the wheel for the first time and tried to drive to the vet.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Early in the season, Bates got burned driving down on a dig and allowed Buccaneers receiver Emeka Egbuka to get behind him on a deep post for a touchdown.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Sniper Pavel Dorofeyev got behind Arvidsson and snapped his league-leading sixth of the year over Swayman’s blocker.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
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Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 2025
The post consisted of two dashcam images of a distraught 12-year-old who, desperate to heal her sick puppy, got behind the wheel for the first time and tried to drive to the vet.
—Andrew R. Chow, Time, 20 Oct. 2025
Early in the season, Bates got burned driving down on a dig and allowed Buccaneers receiver Emeka Egbuka to get behind him on a deep post for a touchdown.
—Ted Nguyen, New York Times, 17 Oct. 2025
Sniper Pavel Dorofeyev got behind Arvidsson and snapped his league-leading sixth of the year over Swayman’s blocker.
—Steve Conroy, Boston Herald, 17 Oct. 2025
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“Get behind.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20behind. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.
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