get behind


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Related to get behind: allow for, sort out
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Verb1.get behind - to lag or linger behindget behind - to lag or linger behind; "But in so many other areas we still are dragging"
drop behind, hang back, trail, drop back, drag
lag, fall back, fall behind, dawdle - hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.
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get

verb
1. To come into possession of:
acquire, come by, gain, obtain, procure, secure, win.
Informal: land, pick up.
2. To obtain from another source:
derive, draw, take.
3. To acquire as a result of one's behavior or effort:
deserve, earn, gain, merit, win.
Informal: rate.
4. To gain possession of, especially after a struggle or chase:
capture, catch, net, secure, take.
Informal: bag.
Slang: nail.
5. To receive, as wages, for one's labor:
earn, gain, make, win.
Informal: pull down.
Idioms: earn a living, earn one's keep.
6. To succeed in communicating with:
contact, reach.
Idioms: catch up with , get hold of, get in touch with, get through to, get to.
7. To become affected with a disease:
catch, contract, develop, sicken, take.
Idiom: come down with.
8. To perceive and recognize the meaning of:
accept, apprehend, catch (on), compass, comprehend, conceive, fathom, follow, grasp, make out, read, see, sense, take, take in, understand.
Informal: savvy.
Slang: dig.
Chiefly British: twig.
Scots: ken.
Idioms: get a handle on, get the picture.
9. To gain knowledge or mastery of by study:
learn, master.
Informal: pick up.
10. To be the biological father of:
beget, breed, father, procreate, sire.
11. To cause to be in a certain state or to undergo a particular experience or action:
have, make.
12. Informal. To leave hastily:
bolt, get out, run.
Informal: clear out, hotfoot, skedaddle.
Slang: hightail, scram, vamoose.
Idioms: beat it, hightail it, hotfoot it , make tracks.
13. To succeed in causing (a person) to act in a certain way:
argue into, bring, bring around (or round), convince, induce, persuade, prevail on (or upon), sell (on), talk into.
14. To obtain possession or control of:
capture, gain, take, win.
Slang: cop.
15. To evoke a usually strong mental or emotional response from.Also used with to:
affect, impress, move, strike, touch.
16. To trouble the nerves or peace of mind of, especially by repeated vexations:
aggravate, annoy, bother, bug, chafe, disturb, exasperate, fret, gall, irk, irritate, nettle, peeve, provoke, put out, rile, ruffle, vex.
Idioms: get in one's hair, get on one's nerves, get under one's skin.
17. To come to be:
become, come, grow, turn (out), wax.
phrasal verb
get across
To make known:
break, carry, communicate, convey, disclose, impart, pass, report, tell, transmit.
phrasal verb
get ahead
To gain success:
arrive, get on, go far, rise, succeed.
Idioms: go places, make good, make it.
phrasal verb
get along
1. To live or act together in harmony:
get on, harmonize.
Informal: cotton.
Idiom: hit it off.
2. To go forward, especially toward a conclusion:
advance, come (along), march, move, proceed, progress.
3. To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances:
do, fare, fend, get by, manage, muddle through, shift.
Informal: make out.
Idioms: make do, make shift.
4. To grow old:
age, get on.
phrasal verb
get around
1. To keep away from:
avoid, burke, bypass, circumvent, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, shun.
Idioms: fight shy of, give a wide berth to, have no truck with, keep clear of.
2. To become known far and wide:
circulate, go around, spread, travel.
Idiom: go the rounds.
phrasal verb
get away
1. To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation:
abscond, break out, decamp, escape, flee, fly, run away.
Informal: skip (out).
Slang: lam.
Regional: absquatulate.
Idioms: blow the coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam.
2. To move or proceed away from a place:
depart, exit, get off, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.
Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.
Slang: blow, split, take off.
Idioms: hit the road, take leave.
phrasal verb
get behind
To aid the cause of by approving or favoring:
advocate, back, champion, endorse, plump for, recommend, side with, stand behind, stand by, support, uphold.
Idioms: align oneself with, go to bat for, take the part of.
phrasal verb
get by
To progress or perform adequately, especially in difficult circumstances:
do, fare, fend, get along, manage, muddle through, shift.
Informal: make out.
Idioms: make do, make shift.
phrasal verb
get in
To come to a particular place:
arrive, check in, pull in, reach, show up, turn up.
Slang: blow in.
Idiom: make an appearance.
phrasal verb
get off
1. To go about the initial step in doing (something):
approach, begin, commence, embark, enter, inaugurate, initiate, institute, launch, lead off, open, set about, set out, set to, start, take on, take up, undertake.
Informal: kick off.
Idioms: get cracking, get going, get the show on the road.
2. To move or proceed away from a place:
depart, exit, get away, go, go away, leave, pull out, quit, retire, run (along), withdraw.
Informal: cut out, push off, shove off.
Slang: blow, split, take off.
Idioms: hit the road, take leave.
phrasal verb
get on
1. To put (an article of clothing) on one's person:
assume, don, pull on, put on, slip into, slip on.
2. To live or act together in harmony:
get along, harmonize.
Informal: cotton.
Idiom: hit it off.
3. To gain success:
arrive, get ahead, go far, rise, succeed.
Idioms: go places, make good, make it.
4. To grow old:
age, get along.
phrasal verb
get out
1. To leave hastily:
bolt, run.
Informal: clear out, get, hotfoot, skedaddle.
Slang: hightail, scram, vamoose.
Idioms: beat it, hightail it, hotfoot it , make tracks.
2. To be made public:
break, come out, out, transpire.
Informal: leak (out).
Idiom: come to light.
phrasal verb
get to
To reach (a goal or objective):
arrive at, attain, come to, gain.
Informal: hit on (or upon).
phrasal verb
get together
1. To bring together:
assemble, call, cluster, collect, congregate, convene, convoke, gather, group, muster, round up, summon.
2. To come together:
assemble, cluster, collect, congregate, convene, forgather, gather, group, muster.
3. To come together face-to-face by arrangement:
meet, rendezvous.
4. To come to an understanding or to terms:
accord, agree, coincide, concur, harmonize.
phrasal verb
get up
1. To leave one's bed:
arise, pile, rise, roll out.
Informal: turn out.
Idiom: rise and shine.
2. To adopt a standing posture:
arise, rise, stand (up), uprise, upspring.
Idiom: get to one's feet.
noun
A group consisting of those descended directly from the same parents or ancestors:
brood, issue, offspring, posterity, progeny, seed.
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