get across

get across

verb

Definition of GET ACROSS

intransitive verb

: to become clear or convincing

transitive verb

: to make clear or convincing <we couldn't get our point across>

Examples of GET ACROSS

1. <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

Related Words: decipher, decode; analyze, break down; disentangle, undo, unravel, unscramble, untangle; resolve, solve; define, specify; annotate, commentate, gloss

Near Antonyms: befog, cloud; confound, confuse, obfuscate

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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