get behind
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]
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The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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