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

The first was the restoration of the pitch in 2019, which demonstrated again how it could be used by the community and enabled organisations, including Sport England and Football Foundation, to get behind the association’s cause. —Beren Cross, New York Times, 22 May 2025

Today's top stories President Trump met with House Republicans at the Capitol yesterday, urging them to get behind his massive tax and immigration bill or risk a tax increase. —Brittney Melton, NPR, 21 May 2025

The major studios don’t often want to get behind movies with social or political consciences today. —Andreas Wiseman, Deadline, 20 May 2025

Racing movies rarely struggle to deliver the action goods, but the question of whether actors should actually get behind the wheel is always at hand. —James Mercadante, EW.com, 20 May 2025

Rhymes for get behind

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