get across

Meanings

1. 1
   verb

   to communicate an idea so that another person understands it

   Phrasal verb · Separable

   get across something / get something across / get something across to someone

   Usage: The message or idea is the object. Put a pronoun before across: get it across. An optional audience follows to.

   Pictures helped her get across the importance of clean water.

   Sources and attribution

   OpenAI Codex authors; independent AI editorial review recorded in the corpus review archive. — Original project editorial material; cleared for The Missing Workbook

   • The Missing Workbook: original construction review

   Pictures helped her get across the importance of clean water.

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