Talk:get behind

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get behind

We've got three senses right now:

1. (literal meaning, transitive) To move to a position behind (something).

   I got behind the wheel of my new car.

2. (transitive) To give one's support to (a person, project etc.)

   We all need to get behind our leader.

   […] and asked for the fans to get behind their team as they […]

3. (intransitive) To fail to keep to a schedule; to fall behind.

   Hurry up with packing those cases. We're getting behind.

Seems these are all just get+behind. Note that one can also be behind his leader or team, as in "I can assure you that they are behind Mr. Fuller, and as to Mr. Reid's testimony, they assured Mr. Fuller of their confidence in him and his ability to put across the job."^[1]; one can be behind the wheel of a car; and one can be behind in his work.​—msh210℠ (talk) 20:56, 4 June 2012 (UTC)

Delete per nom. Kaldari (talk) 08:20, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

The transitive sense doesn't meet the basic phrasal-verb test of accepting a personal pronoun between verb and particle. And behind retains the meaning with other verbs (be, stand, unite, fall in line). The intransitive sense seems non-idomatic as behind has the sense required with other verbs (lag, fall). OTOH, some other dictionaries have the transitive sense. DCDuring TALK 12:24, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

The transitive sense is IMHO not easy to understand from its parts. Keep, at least as translation target. Matthias Buchmeier (talk) 12:32, 29 June 2012 (UTC)

Delete. Behind includes all sense used in these definitions. — Ungoliant ^(Falai)

deleted -- Liliana • 16:58, 19 September 2012 (UTC)