get across Meaning, Definition & Usage

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

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