get behind someone

get behind someone
get behind (someone/something) to encourage or help someone or something.

I can get behind a creative idea and fight for it.

Etymology: based on the idea of helping something move forward by pushing it from behind

New idioms dictionary. 2014.

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  • get behind someone or something — in. o support someone or something. □ Let’s all get behind the party in the next election. □ Everybody got behind Todd and cheered him on …   Dictionary of American slang and colloquial expressions

  • get behind something — get behind (someone/something) to encourage or help someone or something. I can get behind a creative idea and fight for it. Etymology: based on the idea of helping something move forward by pushing it from behind …   New idioms dictionary

  • get behind — (someone/something) to encourage or help someone or something. I can get behind a creative idea and fight for it. Etymology: based on the idea of helping something move forward by pushing it from behind …   New idioms dictionary

  • get behind — phrasal verb Word forms get behind : present tense I/you/we/they get behind he/she/it gets behind present participle getting behind past tense got behind past participle got behind 1) [intransitive] if you get behind with work or payments, you… …   English dictionary

  • get behind — verb to lag or linger behind (Freq. 1) But in so many other areas we still are dragging • Syn: ↑drag, ↑trail, ↑hang back, ↑drop behind, ↑drop back • Derivationally related forms: ↑ …   Useful english dictionary

  • get — [ get ] (past tense got [ gat ] ; past participle gotten [ gatn ] ) verb *** ▸ 1 obtain/receive ▸ 2 become/start to be ▸ 3 do something/have something done ▸ 4 move to/from ▸ 5 progress in activity ▸ 6 fit/put something in a place ▸ 7 understand… …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • get — /get/ verb past tense got, past participle got especially BrE gotten especially AmE present participle getting RECEIVE/OBTAIN 1 RECEIVE (transitive not in passive) to be given or receive something: Sharon always seems to get loads of mail. | Why… …   Longman dictionary of contemporary English

  • get*/*/*/ — [get] (past tense got [gɒt] ; past participle got) verb 1) [T] to obtain, receive, or be given something Ross s father got a new job.[/ex] Did you get tickets for the game?[/ex] You get ten points for each correct answer.[/ex] Young players will… …   Dictionary for writing and speaking English

  • get — [get; ] also, although it is considered nonstandard by some [, git] vt. GOT, gotten, getting: see usage note at GOTTEN got, got [ME geten < ON geta, to get, beget, akin to OE gietan (see BEGET, FORGET), Ger gessen in vergessen, forget < IE… …   English World dictionary

  • get */*/*/ — UK [ɡet] / US verb Word forms get : present tense I/you/we/they get he/she/it gets present participle getting past tense got UK [ɡɒt] / US [ɡɑt] past participle got 1) [transitive, never passive] to obtain, receive, or be given something Ross s… …   English dictionary

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