getting behind
Losing your pace
Getting behind has two opposed meanings.
To get behind something is to support it: The whole team got behind the proposal.
But to get behind on something is to fall into arrears or delay: I'm getting behind on my rent, She got behind in her coursework.
Context usually clarifies which sense is meant.
- supportingBearing or sustaining
- backingAid or sponsorship
- having someone's backProviding reliable support
- advocatingPublicly supporting a cause
- rallyGathering for a cause
promoting · championing · tardiness · endorsement · lending a hand · lateness · running late · sponsoring · solidarity · encouraging · unity · procrastination · backlog · assist · rooting for · lagging · cooperation · uplift
getting behindgetting ahead
Making forward advancement
staying ahead · catching up · keeping up · keeping pace · pulling ahead
getting behindopposing
Standing against something
abandoning · undermining · turning against · resisting · rejecting
getting behindgetting ahead of
Surpassing in position or time
moving ahead · passing · overtaking · staying ahead · leading
gotten, behind, behindhand, begets, begotten, forget, forgets, forgotten, forgettable