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

Eight plays later — four of at least 16 yards — Matt Foss got behind a Warrior defender for a 24-yard touchdown reception and a 7-0 lead. —Mike Cook, Twin Cities, 25 Oct. 2025

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. —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

Rhymes for get behind

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