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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Each has been a Republican priority that failed to get across the finish line.
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David Beasley | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Sep. 2024
Expressions of goodwill can also be hard to get across.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2022
Just because the runners can get across the five boroughs faster than some of the MTA’s trains, that is no reason to punish the organization that signs them up for the race.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2024
If the Trump administration continues to advance tough but incoherent policies while at the same time railing against the crisis at the border—paradoxically advertising the ease of getting across—more people from all over the world will likely continue to flock to the southern border.
—Randy Capps, Foreign Affairs, 16 July 2019
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David Beasley | The Center Square Contributor, Washington Examiner - Political News and Conservative Analysis About Congress, the President, and the Federal Government, 6 Sep. 2024
Expressions of goodwill can also be hard to get across.
—Michael Kimmage, Foreign Affairs, 31 May 2022
Just because the runners can get across the five boroughs faster than some of the MTA’s trains, that is no reason to punish the organization that signs them up for the race.
—Leonard Greene, New York Daily News, 6 Apr. 2024
If the Trump administration continues to advance tough but incoherent policies while at the same time railing against the crisis at the border—paradoxically advertising the ease of getting across—more people from all over the world will likely continue to flock to the southern border.
—Randy Capps, Foreign Affairs, 16 July 2019
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“Get across.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20across. Accessed 13 Sep. 2024.
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