as in to explain
to make plain or understandable
what I'm trying to get across is that there simply is no money for the project
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Such a turnaround story is one of the most difficult challenges for corporate communicators to get across.
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Dave Platter, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
That's the kind of material that's difficult to get across in a program where there's no English instruction.
—PCMAG, 17 Sep. 2024
Flaherty, who dealt with back problems with the Detroit Tigers earlier this season, still needs to get across the finish line healthy.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
In an effort to get across the feeling of a soul leaving its body, the filmmakers often punctuated scenes with images of empty rooms shot with subtle camera moves, interludes that Levy wanted to imbue with a spiritual quality.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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Dave Platter, Forbes, 20 Sep. 2024
That's the kind of material that's difficult to get across in a program where there's no English instruction.
—PCMAG, 17 Sep. 2024
Flaherty, who dealt with back problems with the Detroit Tigers earlier this season, still needs to get across the finish line healthy.
—Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2024
In an effort to get across the feeling of a soul leaving its body, the filmmakers often punctuated scenes with images of empty rooms shot with subtle camera moves, interludes that Levy wanted to imbue with a spiritual quality.
—Jim Hemphill, IndieWire, 6 Sep. 2024
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“Get across.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/get%20across. Accessed 5 Nov. 2024.
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