get behind

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

Those who planned to celebrate 4/20 by using cannabis should not get behind the wheel Monday — or any other day of the year, Sacramento police said. —Nicole Buss, Sacbee.com, 20 Apr. 2026

Himes has been pushing for his Democratic colleagues to get behind a short-term extension of 702 that would allow more time to negotiate reforms but avoid a lapse in the program. —Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 16 Apr. 2026

In kitchens around the country, chefs are translating this novelty into dishes that aren’t too challenging to get behind. —Jaia Clingham-David, Bon Appetit Magazine, 15 Apr. 2026

Meanwhile, Garrison would scramble out of the driver’s seat, allowing one of his passengers to get behind the wheel. —Patrick Radden Keefe, New Yorker, 13 Apr. 2026

Rhymes for get behind

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