get across
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verbDefinition of GET ACROSS
intransitive verb
: to become clear or convincing
transitive verb
: to make clear or convincing <we couldn't get our point across>
See Examples of GET ACROSS
- <what I'm trying to get across is that there simply is no money for the project>
First Known Use of GET ACROSS
1913
Related to GET ACROSS
- Synonyms
- clarify, clear (up), construe, demonstrate, demystify, elucidate, explicate, expound, explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, simplify, spell out, unriddle
- Antonyms
- obscure
Rhymes with GET ACROSS
albatross, applesauce, at a loss, autocross, Celtic cross, chili sauce, come across, cyclo-cross, dental floss, double-cross, for a loss, intercross, Irish moss, Latin cross, Maltese cross, motocross, Navy Cross, Northern Cross, papal cross, put across, reindeer moss, run across, semigloss, single cross, Southern Cross, Spanish moss, underboss
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