across : Idioms & Phrases


across the board

  • adverb including all
    • we got a pay raise across the board
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across the country

  • adverb extending throughout an entire nation
    nationally; nationwide; across the country.
    • nationally advertised
    • it was broadcast nationwide
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across the nation

  • adverb extending throughout an entire nation
    nationally; nationwide; across the country.
    • nationally advertised
    • it was broadcast nationwide
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across-the-board

  • adjective satellite broad in scope or content
    wide; broad; blanket; all-encompassing; encompassing; all-inclusive; all-embracing; extensive; panoptic.
    • across-the-board pay increases
    • an all-embracing definition
    • blanket sanctions against human-rights violators
    • an invention with broad applications
    • a panoptic study of Soviet nationality"- T.G.Winner
    • granted him wide powers
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come across

  • verb find unexpectedly
    happen upon; fall upon; attain; come upon; chance upon; discover; light upon; strike; chance on.
    • the archeologists chanced upon an old tomb
    • she struck a goldmine
    • The hikers finally struck the main path to the lake
  • verb be perceived in a certain way; make a certain impression
  • verb come together
    see; come across; run into; meet; encounter.
    • I'll probably see you at the meeting
    • How nice to see you again!
  • verb communicate the intended meaning or impression
    come over.
    • He came across very clearly
  • verb be received or understood
    resonate.
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cut across

  • 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
  • verb be contrary to ordinary procedure or limitations
    • Opinions on bombing the Serbs cut across party lines
  • verb cut using a diagonal line
    crosscut.
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get across

  • verb communicate successfully
    put over.
    • I couldn't get across the message
    • He put over the idea very well
  • 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
  • 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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go across

  • verb go across or through
    go through; pass.
    • We passed the point where the police car had parked
    • A terrible thought went through his mind
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look across

  • verb be oriented in a certain direction
    look out over; overlook; look out on.
    • The house looks out on a tennis court
    • The apartment overlooks the Hudson
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pass across

  • verb make a passage or journey from one place to another
    move through; transit; pass through; pass over.
    • The tourists moved through the town and bought up all the souvenirs
    • "Some travelers pass through the desert
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put across

  • verb transmit information
    pass along; communicate; pass on; pass.
    • Please communicate this message to all employees
    • pass along the good news
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put one across

  • verb fool or hoax
    fool; put on; gull; take in; dupe; befool; put one over; cod; slang.
    • The immigrant was duped because he trusted everyone
    • You can't fool me!
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run across

  • verb come together
    see; come across; run into; meet; encounter.
    • I'll probably see you at the meeting
    • How nice to see you again!
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To come across

  • to meet; to find, esp. by chance or suddenly. "We come across more than one incidental mention of those wars." E. A. Freeman. "Wagner's was certainly one of the strongest and most independent natures I ever came across." H. R. Heweis.
  • to come upon or meet incidentally. Freeman.
Webster 1913

To cut across

  • to pass over or through in the most direct way; as, to cut across a field.
Webster 1913

To go across the country

  • to go by a direct course across a region without following the roads.
Webster 1913