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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The only way to get across the street to the playground is to pick up my wheelchair and carry it over the ridge of slush at the edge of the road.
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2024
Right now, a trans kid in Miami would have to travel seven hours to get across the border to a major city in Georgia.
—Hannah Murphy Winter, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
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Cheri Lucas Rowlands, Longreads, 19 Mar. 2024
Right now, a trans kid in Miami would have to travel seven hours to get across the border to a major city in Georgia.
—Hannah Murphy Winter, Rolling Stone, 1 Mar. 2024
See all Example Sentences for get across
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“Get across.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/get%20across. Accessed 29 May. 2024.
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