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get behind sb/sth

Phrasal Verb with get
 
 
/get/ verb (-tt-, got, got, or US gotten)

Definition

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.
(Definition of get behind sb/sth from the Cambridge Business English Dictionary © Cambridge University Press)

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