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English verb: get across | |||
| 1. | get across (communication) communicate successfully | ||
| Samples | I couldn't get across the message. He put over the idea very well. | ||
| Synonyms | put over | ||
| Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across | ||
| 2. | get across (cognition) become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions | ||
| Samples | It dawned on him that she had betrayed him. She was penetrated with sorrow. | ||
| Synonyms | click, come home, dawn, fall into place, get through, penetrate, sink in | ||
| Pattern of use | Something ----s | ||
| Cause | understand | ||
| 3. | get across (motion) travel across or pass over | ||
| Samples | The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day. | ||
| Synonyms | cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get over, pass over, track, traverse | ||
| Pattern of use | Something is ----ing PP. Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s PP | ||
| Broader (hypernym) | go across, go through, pass | ||
| Narrower (hyponym) | bridge, course, crisscross, drive, ford, hop, jaywalk, stride, take, tramp, walk | ||
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