put across
Britishverb
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(adverb) to communicate in a comprehensible way
he couldn't put things across very well
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informal to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception
they put one across their teacher
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Cause to be understood or accepted, as in She put her views across very well . [c. 1920]
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Attain or carry through by deceit, as in You can't put anything across this teacher . [c. 1920] Also see put over , def. 3.
Example Sentences
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"I love fusion and I think it's something that needs to be put across, that all music basically is one music."
From BBC ● Feb. 6, 2025
“We’re going to continue to see warehouses being put across the street from homes and schools, because it will be OK with the law.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 7, 2024
If he were left alone, without lights, sound, projections or Dane Laffrey’s curving, swerving set, he might put across this fable even more convincingly.
From New York Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
Baltimore entered 24th among the 30 major league teams in scoring, then put across its highest runs total since beating Oakland 18-2 on Aug. 16, 2015.
From Fox News ● Jun. 6, 2021
Kennedy, a folklorist at heart, apparently wanted to put across the most dramatic story possible, and therefore included not only his own anti-Klan activities but those of another man, code-named John Brown.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
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