Collocation
get support
to receive help, backing, or assistance from people or an organization
Definition
'get support' is a common English collocation. to receive help, backing, or assistance from people or an organization
get + support (from + someone/organization) (for + something)
“Small businesses can get support from the local council to grow.”
Examples
- If you are struggling, you can get support from the school counselor.
- Many new parents get support from family and friends in the first weeks.
- He got support from his teammates after the mistake.
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- The charity helps homeless people get support with housing and benefits.
- Employees can get support through the company’s mental health program.
- To get support for the proposal, she met with community leaders first.
- We did not get support from the bank, so we looked for other funding.
- The campaign struggled to get support outside major cities.
- Patients often get support from peer groups as well as doctors.
More verb + nouns
- make progress to improve or move forward toward a goal over time
- start work to begin working, especially at a job or on a task
- make money to earn money; to generate a profit or income
- make a request to ask formally for something, especially through an official process
- do business to conduct commercial activity; to buy, sell, or work with another company professionally