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Phrase(s): put something behind someone or something
to place something in back of someone or something. • I put the box behind Mary, and she didn’t even know it was there. • Please put the present behind the couch where Janet will not see it., Phrase(s): put something behind
one Fig. to try to forget about something. • I look forward to putting all my problems behind me. • She will be happier when all this can be put behind her.
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs