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get across in WordNet English dictionary

verb
  1. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
    "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
    click  get through  dawn  come home  get across  sink in  penetrate  fall into place 
  2. travel across or pass over
    "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
    traverse  track  cover  cross  pass over  get over  get across  cut through  cut across 
  3. communicate successfully
    "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"
    get across  put over 
WordNet Lexical Database v3.0, © 2006 Princeton University


get across in English Wiktionary

 
  1. (verb) (context/transitive or intransitive) To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.
  2. (verb) (transitive) To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling.
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