get across

2 definitions found

get across - WordNet (r) 2.1 (2005) :

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

get across - Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :

  54 Moby Thesaurus words for "get across":
     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