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

Jim Walden, independent candidate for New York City mayor, on Tuesday dropped out of the race while calling on other hopefuls to get behind the second-most popular choice in an effort to defeat New York State Assemblyman Zohran Mamdani. —Anna Commander, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025

Rusev locked in the Accolade yet again as the crowd once again got behind Sheamus, who fought off Rusev, picked him up and leaped off the barrels through a table with a White Noise as the crowd went berserk. —Blake Oestriecher, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025

Navarro would score five minutes later, getting behind the SKC defense and putting a shot past Pulskamp. —Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 31 Aug. 2025

The transportation department also reminded drivers to never get behind the wheel while impaired. —AZCentral.com, 29 Aug. 2025

Rhymes for get behind

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