get behind

1. See fall behind .

2. 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 .

3. Enjoy, appreciate, as in Norma just can't get behind ballet . [ Slang ; c. 1970]

Example Sentences

In the wake of the horror show that was Russell Martin's time in the job, they needed someone the fans wanted to get behind, a guy with presence and who they could believe in.

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“Nostalgia for the British Mandate in Palestine is the only part of imperial memory that the left can get behind.”

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Thomas got behind the pulpit for the first time when he was 13.

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The coffee giant’s profit was in a fragile place, he said, and everyone needed to get behind Niccol’s hospitality strategy—or lose more business to rivals like Luckin.

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“When the execution is off, you get behind and you come in zone and you’re just more likely to take on damage. So it’s kind of that imperfect storm in a lot of ways.”

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