get across
verb
got across; got across or gotten across; getting across; gets across
: to become clear or convincing
: to make clear or convincing
we couldn't get our point across
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Examples of get across in a Sentence
what I'm trying to get across is that there simply is no money for the project
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Ten days on the training pitches with a clutch of friendly games enabled Nuno to get across his ideas and to forge an ‘us against the world’ mentality.
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Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Whereas influencers were known for peddling aspirational life-style content, creators are presumed to have some kind of message to get across.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
So then to see that not happen gets across what the show is about way better than any of my material could.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
That's why the amendment never got across the finish line.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
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Paul Taylor, The Athletic, 24 Dec. 2024
Whereas influencers were known for peddling aspirational life-style content, creators are presumed to have some kind of message to get across.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 11 Dec. 2024
So then to see that not happen gets across what the show is about way better than any of my material could.
—Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
That's why the amendment never got across the finish line.
—Gordon G. Chang, Newsweek, 12 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for get across
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“Get across.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20across. Accessed 2 Jan. 2025.
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