What does get behind mean?

get behind means "to lag or linger behind".

What is another word for get behind?

Close synonyms include drag, trail, hang back, drop behind, drop back. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get behind a common word?

get behind is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

get behind — meaning, pronunciation and definition

verb

1 senseAn action, occurrence or state of being.

1.
to lag or linger behind
“But in so many other areas we still are dragging”
Synonymsdrag trail hang back drop behind drop back
Broaderlag

Questions about get behind

What does get behind mean?: get behind means "to lag or linger behind".

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

Tools

Jump to

Images & video

PDF & writing

Calculate & convert

Health & fitness

AI, code & work

Learn & play

Tool directories

Search

Jump to

Explore AltFTool

Help

Theme

get behind

verb

Questions about get behind