get behind

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get behind

verbo transitivo con partícula

1. apoyar (support)

verbo intransitivo

2. atrasarse, quedarse atrás (become delayed)

get behind [guet]

sustantivo

To get by heart -> aprender de memoria
To get children -> engendrar o procrear hijos
To get clear o -> o quit of, zafarse, libertarse de alguna cosa

(a) Penetrar; enterarse de los secretos de alguien. (b) Perder terreno; quedarse atrá To get clear, salir bien de alguna dificultad o empeño.

get behind

verb:intransitive:plus_adverb

1 (with work, payments) retrasarse;with en

I got behind with the payments I'll need to study, or I'll get behind

2 (in race) quedarse atrás

verb:intransitive:plus_preposition

1 (move behind, sit behind) ponerse detrás de

to get behind the wheel

she got behind the wheel and drove off se puso al volante y se fue

he will never get behind the wheel again he caused havoc when he got behind the wheel of his parents' Range Rover he got behind the wall so I couldn't see him

2 (support) [+team, government] apoyar

if the Democrats don't get behind him at this point, they're absolute fools A small town gets behind a big art project in a big way Organized labor usually gets behind the Democratic presidential nominee

verb:transitive:plus_preposition

(secure support of)

we must get the government behind us tenemos que conseguir el apoyo del gobierno

he's the sort of person who knows how to {motivate a team, }get people behind him

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