get behind
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See fall behind .
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Support someone or something; also, help to promote someone or something. For example, We must find as many workers as we can to get behind the union .
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Enjoy, appreciate, as in Norma just can't get behind ballet . [ Slang ; c. 1970]
Example Sentences
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“He flooded the zone with his fastball, he’d get behind and he just had his way.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 10, 2026
Few teenagers hang posters of Birkin bags in their bedrooms, but droves of them have the sight of F40s and Testarossas seared into their brains long before they can get behind the wheel.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
People still need to drive, Hallgren noted, but the diverging patterns indicate that “households with tighter budgets may already be changing when, where or how often they get behind the wheel.”
From MarketWatch • Mar. 28, 2026
He added: "I think it's important that we also remember as individuals that we have a responsibility when we get behind the wheel of a car."
From BBC • Feb. 26, 2026
Inevitably Abel would get behind schedule on a car, and since he was our ride, we’d have to wait for him to finish before we could go home.
From "Born a Crime: Stories from a South African Childhood" by Trevor Noah
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