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
Recent Examples on the Web
Local officials and community advocates, however, are hosting a series of public outreach events to get across their message that the goal is to make downtown safer, more attractive and more successful.
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2024
Drinking less lowers breast cancer risk Despite the attempts of alcohol researchers, health officials and advocates to inform women about alcohol’s risks and its connection to breast cancer, our findings show that this message isn’t getting across to most people.
—Monica Swahn, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Balanchine, who died in 1983, had reportedly said that the color was too hard to get across onstage.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
So, what exactly is Fido trying to get across by rubbing his face all over you?
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 2 June 2024
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Don Stacom, Hartford Courant, 14 Feb. 2024
Drinking less lowers breast cancer risk Despite the attempts of alcohol researchers, health officials and advocates to inform women about alcohol’s risks and its connection to breast cancer, our findings show that this message isn’t getting across to most people.
—Monica Swahn, The Conversation, 5 June 2024
Balanchine, who died in 1983, had reportedly said that the color was too hard to get across onstage.
—Jeffrey Fleishman, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2024
So, what exactly is Fido trying to get across by rubbing his face all over you?
—Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 2 June 2024
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“Get across.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20across. Accessed 30 Jun. 2024.
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