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{
"form": "gets behind",
"tags": [
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
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},
{
"form": "getting behind",
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"participle",
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]
},
{
"form": "got behind",
"tags": [
"past"
]
},
{
"form": "got behind",
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]
},
{
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},
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"name": "en-verb"
}
],
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"lang_code": "en",
"pos": "verb",
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"categories": [
{
"_dis": "38 46 2 11 3",
"kind": "other",
"name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
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"text": "I can't get behind the idea that all homeless people are just too lazy to work.",
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"To come to believe or support something."
],
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],
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],
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"(informal) To come to believe or support something."
],
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"word": "endorse"
}
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"informal"
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"To support, to cheer on."
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"(informal, transitive) To support, to cheer on."
],
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"glosses": [
"To appreciate, to enjoy."
],
"id": "en-get_behind-en-verb-EsH19AwM",
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"appreciate",
"appreciate#English"
],
[
"enjoy",
"enjoy#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, transitive) To appreciate, to enjoy."
],
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"informal",
"transitive"
]
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"glosses": [
"To have a trip or any pleasurable experience with drugs."
],
"id": "en-get_behind-en-verb-CyrvL~oU",
"links": [
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"trip",
"trip#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "narcotics",
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, narcotics) To have a trip or any pleasurable experience with drugs."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, behind."
],
"id": "en-get_behind-en-verb-3CwBfr-7",
"links": [
[
"get",
"get#English"
],
[
"behind",
"behind#English"
]
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}
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"tags": [
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{
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"pos": "verb",
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{
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"text": "I can't get behind the idea that all homeless people are just too lazy to work.",
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],
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"To come to believe or support something."
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"(informal) To come to believe or support something."
],
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}
],
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},
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"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To support, to cheer on."
],
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"support",
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],
[
"cheer on",
"cheer on"
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],
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"(informal, transitive) To support, to cheer on."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
]
},
{
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"English informal terms",
"English transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"To appreciate, to enjoy."
],
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"appreciate",
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],
[
"enjoy",
"enjoy#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, transitive) To appreciate, to enjoy."
],
"tags": [
"informal",
"transitive"
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},
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"English informal terms"
],
"glosses": [
"To have a trip or any pleasurable experience with drugs."
],
"links": [
[
"trip",
"trip#English"
]
],
"qualifier": "narcotics",
"raw_glosses": [
"(informal, narcotics) To have a trip or any pleasurable experience with drugs."
],
"tags": [
"informal"
]
},
{
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"Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, behind."
],
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"get",
"get#English"
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[
"behind",
"behind#English"
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]
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"word": "get behind"
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