āĻ āύā§āϏāύā§āϧāĻžāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻ āĻāĻŋāϧāĻžāύā§āϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
āĻāĻĒāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻžāώāĻž āύāĻŋāϰā§āĻŦāĻžāĻāύ āĻāϰā§āύ
get across
/ÉĄÉt ÉkÉšËÉs/
to get across
[phrase form: get]
01
āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āĻāϤ⧠āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻž
to be clearly understood or communicated
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The importance of teamwork needs to get across to all employees.
āĻāĻŋāĻŽāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰā§āĻā§āϰ āĻā§āϰā§āϤā§āĻŦ āϏāĻāϞ āĻāϰā§āĻŽā§āĻĻā§āϰ āĻāĻžāĻā§ āϏā§āĻĒāώā§āĻāĻāĻžāĻŦā§ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāύ⧠āĻĒā§āϰāϝāĻŧā§āĻāύāĨ¤
02
āĻĒā§āĻāĻā§ āĻĻā§āĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻŦā§āĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧā§ āĻŦāϞāĻž
to clearly communicate an idea, plan, etc.
Transitive: to get across an idea
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The diagrams and illustrations in the presentation helped get the technical information across.
āĻĒā§āϰā§āĻā§āύā§āĻā§āĻļāύā§āϰ āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻžāĻā§āϰāĻžāĻŽ āĻāĻŦāĻ āĻāϞāĻžāϏā§āĻā§āϰā§āĻļāύāĻā§āϞāĻŋ āĻĒā§āϰāϝā§āĻā§āϤāĻŋāĻāϤ āϤāĻĨā§āϝ āĻŦā§āĻāĻžāϤ⧠āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāϝā§āϝ āĻāϰā§āĻā§āĨ¤
03
āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻ āϤāĻŋāĻā§āϰāĻŽ āĻāϰāĻž
to successfully move from one side of an obstacle or barrier to the other
Transitive: to get across an obstacle or barrier
Intransitive
āĻāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
The hikers had to find a way to get across the fast-flowing river.
āĻšāĻžāĻāĻāĻžāϰāĻĻā§āϰ āĻĻā§āϰā§āϤ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻžāĻšāĻŋāϤ āύāĻĻā§ āĻĒāĻžāϰ āĻšāĻāϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻāĻāĻāĻŋ āĻāĻĒāĻžāϝāĻŧ āĻā§āĻāĻā§ āĻŦā§āϰ āĻāϰāϤ⧠āĻšāϝāĻŧā§āĻāĻŋāϞāĨ¤
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