get across


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get across

Verb
1. communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well"
(synonym) put over
(hypernym) communicate, pass on, pass, put across
2. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow"
(synonym) click, get through, dawn, come home, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
(cause) understand
3. travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"
(synonym) traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, cut through, cut across
(hypernym) pass, go through, go across
(hyponym) tramp


ENGLISH IDIOMS 2.EDITIONDownload this dictionary
get across
explain, make something understood I had a hard time trying to get across to him the importance of taking care of his computer discs.

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get across
Synonyms and related words:
assail the ear, be glimpsed, be heard, broadcast, caress the ear, clarify, come through, communicate, contact, convey, dawn on, disseminate, elucidate, explain, explicate, gain a hearing, get over, get through to, get to, give, give word, hand on, impart, leave word, make an impression, make clear, make it clear, make known, make oneself heard, pass, pass along, pass on, penetrate, popularize, put across, put over, reach, reach the ear, register, render, report, send, send word, share, share with, signal, simplify, sink in, soak in, spell out, tell, transfer, transmit, vulgarize
  

Source: Moby Thesaurus, which is part of the Moby Project created by Grady Ward. In 1996 Grady Ward placed this thesaurus in the public domain.
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get across
get across
  • đi ngang qua, vượt qua; cho (ai...) đi ngang qua
    • to get one's troops across the river: cho quân đội qua sông
  • giải thích rõ ràng, trình bày khúc chiết
    • to get across an idea: trình bày ý kiến một cách khúc chiết

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Dizionario inglese-italiano 1.0.012Download this dictionary
GET ACROSS
ARRIVARE DALL'ALTRA PARTE. ATTRAVERSARE. FAR CAPIRE (TERMINE FAMILIARE). IRRITARE. INFASTIDIRE