getsomethingacross
phrasal verbwithgetverbuk/ɡet/us/ɡet/present participlegetting|past tensegot|past participlegotorUSusuallygotten
B2
tomanageto make someoneunderstandorbelievesomething:
Wetriedto getourpointacross, but he just wouldn'tlisten.
This is themessagethat wewantto getacrossto thepublic.
- Thenovelis good at getting theexperienceofwaracrossto thereader.
- Thecampaignhadclearlyfailedto getitsmessageacrossto thepublic.
- Thespeakerreiteratedthemainpointshe wastryingto getacrossto theaudience.
- Do youthinkhemanagedto get hisideasacross?
- She usuallywastesnotimein getting herpointsacross.
Defining & explaining
- account (tosomeone) forsomething
- accountability
- adumbration
- annotation
- annotator
- crystallize
- demystify
- explicable
- explicate
- expound
- lay
- miswrite
- nail
- nailsomeonedown
- non-defining
- non-descriptive
- non-explanatory
- outline
- rough
- trace