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Phrase(s): get something across (to someone)
Go to put something across (to someone)., Phrase(s): get someone or something across something [and] get someone or something across
to transport someone or something across something. • We have to get everyone across the bridge before the floodwaters rise any more. • Let’s get the truck across also. • It’s foolhardy to try to get your car across the desert without a few gallons of water with you., Phrase(s): get across (something)
to manage to cross something. (See also put something across (to someone).) • We finally got across the river where it was very shallow. • Where the water was low, it was easy to get across., Phrase(s): get someone across (in a good way)
Go to put someone across (in a good way).
McGrawhill's American Idioms And Phrasal Verbs
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1. Also, get it across. Make understandable or clear, as in I tried to get my point across, or He'll have to get it across to the others. [Late 1800s] 2. Also, come across. Be convincing, impress on others, as in How can I get across to the students? or The headmaster's announcement comes across as a criticism of the faculty. [c. 1920] Also see PUT ACROSS.
American Heritage Idioms