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Definition of get across in English English dictionary

<span class="word-self">getspan> <span class="word-self">acrossspan>
To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively

Bridge the digital divide. Let the poor get across.

<span class="word-self">getspan> <span class="word-self">acrossspan>
To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling

Better organized writing helps to get the point across.

<span class="word-self">getspan> <span class="word-self">acrossspan>
travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
<span class="word-self">getspan> <span class="word-self">acrossspan>
When an idea gets across or when you get it across, you succeed in making other people understand it. Officers felt their point of view was not getting across to ministers I had created a way to get my message across while using as few words as possible. = get over
<span class="word-self">getspan> <span class="word-self">acrossspan>
communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"
<span class="word-self">getspan> <span class="word-self">acrossspan>
make something understood; communicate something in a manner that is clear
<span class="word-self">getspan> <span class="word-self">acrossspan>
go over, pass over, ford; be understood
<span class="word-self">getspan> <span class="word-self">acrossspan>
communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well
<span class="word-self">getspan> <span class="word-self">acrossspan>
become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
get across
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