get behind
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See fall behind.
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.
Enjoy, appreciate, as in Norma just can't get behind ballet. [Slang; c. 1970]
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Words nearby get behind
get away with, get a word in edgewise, get back, get back at, get back to, get behind, get better, get busy, get by, get cracking, get credit for
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