put across

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Recent Examples of put across Stalin’s resolute putting across of these two ideas, of course, did much to divide the world. Liz Tracey, JSTOR Daily, 24 Mar. 2025 The Finnish conductor, 39, is a singular sight before an orchestra — bushy-haired, bony, and armed with an arsenal of gestures that put across his intentions with striking specificity. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 2 Mar. 2025 The downside of putting across the board tariffs in place, McCaul added, is consumer prices could increase. Francesca Chambers, USA TODAY, 31 Jan. 2025 Very few directors working today can put across a movie like Gladiator II as convincingly, which perhaps explains why the sequel — for all its barbaric violence and the plaintive, at times stirring, discussions about justice and democracy — doesn’t have the mournful quality that the first film did. Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024 Yet the Chills’ music put across an abiding belief in the power of a great song. Mikael Wood, Los Angeles Times, 28 July 2024 In the pavilion, at least, Alsop and orchestra put across the details in high definition, the desolation gradually pitching into a bombastic, muscular finish. Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 14 July 2024 This production — directed, like the original, by Des McAnuff — won’t provide that, being less interested in trying to put across the story (by McAnuff and Townshend) than in obscuring it with relentless noise and banal imagery. Jesse Green, New York Times, 28 Mar. 2024 This gesture did not read so well in the church’s large space, with intrusions from outdoor sounds and indoor fans; the breathing could have been exaggerated more to put across Trumbore’s point. Christian Hertzog, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Sep. 2023
Recent Examples of Synonyms for put across
Verb
  • Our only hope is for Bayley to put over the IC Champ at WrestleMania.
    Ron Estes, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • Amazon has an arbor set that comes with artificial white flowers and drapery to put over the arch.
    Christopher Murray, Fox News, 21 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • And today on Face the Nation: The administration navigates a mistake of its own making, communicating attack plans against targets in Yemen on an unsecure app while a journalist accidentally invited into the chat room looked on.
    CBS News, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Disabled travelers are their own best advocates and should communicate their needs clearly to others.
    Zach Wichter, USA Today, 30 Mar. 2025
Verb
  • Earlier in the game, Swanson conveyed in a conversation with Crow-Armstrong to utilize the tools he has been given and not think too much how to best use them.
    Meghan Montemurro, Chicago Tribune, 30 Mar. 2025
  • Communication tops this list—chiefs of staff must convey complex ideas clearly and diplomatically across all organizational levels.
    Cynthia Pong, JD, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025

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“Put across.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/put%20across. Accessed 2 Apr. 2025.

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