5. PREP
The people, reason, or events behind a situation are the causes of it or are responsible for it.
- It is still not clear who was behind the killing.
- He is embarrassed about the motives behind his decision.
6. PREP : PREP pron
If something or someone is behind you, they support you and help you.
- He had the state's judicial power behind him.
7. PREP
If you refer to what is behind someone's outside appearance, you are referring to a characteristic which you cannot immediately see or is not obvious, but which you think is there.
- What lay behind his anger was really the hurt he felt at Grace's refusal.
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