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Get across has 4 different meanings across 1 category:

Verb

Definitions
Verb
1

communicate successfully

"I couldn't get across the message"

"He put over the idea very well"

2

become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions

"It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"

"she was penetrated with sorrow"

3

travel across or pass over

"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day"

4

To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.

Example Sentences
"I couldn't get across the message" verb
"He put over the idea very well" verb
"It dawned on him that she had betrayed him" verb
"she was penetrated with sorrow" verb
"The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" verb
Related Terms
Broader Terms (hypernyms)
communicate pass
Narrower Terms (hyponyms)
tramp stride walk crisscross ford bridge jaywalk drive course hop
Rhyming Words
oss boss loss koss joss hoss foss toss doss poss coss ross woss voss moss soss noss cross gloss gross
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