get behind (on something)

get behind (on something)
fall behind (in something) & fall behind (on something) & fall behind (with something) & get behind (insomething) & get behind (on something) & get behind (with something)
to lag behind schedule in some kind of work or some other scheduled activity. •

You are falling behind in your car payments.

I tried not to get behind on them.

Please don't fall behind with your payments.

I won't fall behind again.


Dictionary of American idioms. 2013.

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  • get behind (with something) — ˌget beˈhind (with sth) derived to fail to make enough progress or to produce sth at the right time • I m getting behind with my work. • He got behind with the payments for his car. Main entry: ↑getderived …   Useful english dictionary

  • 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 — 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 behind — {v.} 1. To go too slowly: be late; do something too slowly. * /The post office got behind in delivering Christmas mail./ Syn.: FALL BEHIND. Contrast: KEEP UP. 2. {informal} To support; help. * /A club is much better if members get behind their… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get behind — {v.} 1. To go too slowly: be late; do something too slowly. * /The post office got behind in delivering Christmas mail./ Syn.: FALL BEHIND. Contrast: KEEP UP. 2. {informal} To support; help. * /A club is much better if members get behind their… …   Dictionary of American idioms

  • get\ behind — v 1. To go too slowly: be late; do something too slowly. The post office got behind in delivering Christmas mail. Syn.: fall behind Contrast: keep up 2. informal To support; help. A club is much better if members get behind their leaders. We got… …   Словарь американских идиом

  • get behind sb — UK US get behind sb/sth Phrasal Verb with get({{}}/get/ verb ( tt , got, got, or US gotten) ► to support somebody or something: »If every member of the top management team doesn t get behind this project, it s never going to work …   Financial and business terms

  • get behind sb/sth — UK US get behind sb/sth Phrasal Verb with get({{}}/get/ verb ( tt , got, got, or US gotten) ► to support somebody or something: »If every member of the top management team doesn t get behind this project, it s never going to work …   Financial and business terms

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