get across
Britishverb
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to cross or cause or help to cross
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(adverb) to be or cause to be readily understood
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informal (intr, preposition) to annoy
her constant interference really got across him
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Also, get it across . Make understandable or clear, as in I tried to get my point across , or He'll have to get it across to the others . [Late 1800s]
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Also, come across . Be convincing, impress on others, as in How can I get across to the students? or The headmaster's announcement comes across as a criticism of the faculty . [c. 1920] Also see put across .
Example Sentences
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Was there something about you that you felt like you wanted to get across in this special that maybe you haven’t gotten to in your previous specials?
From Los Angeles Times ● May 21, 2026
“You try to get across it’s not about where you get drafted,” Snead said Thursday night.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 24, 2026
"So now we can allow the nerves to get across the gap."
From BBC ● Feb. 10, 2026
The figure is a record for a December day in recent years, and is believed to be due to a backlog of people wanting to get across to Kent because of recent bad weather.
From BBC ● Dec. 21, 2025
I really need to get across this path—the kind of need-to that should push me to have some brilliant idea.
From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi
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