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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“You try to get across it’s not about where you get drafted,” Snead said Thursday night.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026
"It's been hard to come by over the years when playing for Ireland, so we're desperate to get across that."
From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026
“It wasn’t like having another actor who had another agenda or actions or a perspective that they wanted to get across in the scene,” Foy says.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
“It could actually be somewhat helpful, because they’re trying to get across ‘the bar is higher’ without saying, ‘We’re not going to do something that we might very well wind up wanting to do.’
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025
But first I must somehow get across to the other side of the kitchen and then up on to the middle shelf.
From "The Witches" by Roald Dahl
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