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

The actress also talked about having a lot more life to live, including perhaps getting behind the camera. — Lizzie Lanuza, StyleCaster, 17 Aug. 2026

Madonna was later joined by longtime collaborator and producer Stuart Price, before Grammy-winning DJ and producer Honey Dijon got behind the decks. — Lisa Kocay, Forbes.com, 15 Aug. 2026

Bland did do a good job in his shallow zone responsibilities in not letting anything get behind him, but his ball production didn’t show up. — Nick Harris, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 11 Aug. 2026

Evers got behind Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley on July 18, the same day Crowley reentered the race after dropping out 10 days earlier. — ABC News, 10 Aug. 2026

Rhymes for get behind

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