HyperDic: get_across

English > 3 senses of the expression get across:
VERBcommunicationget across, put overcommunicate successfully
cognitionget across, click, get through, dawn, come home, sink in, penetrate, fall into placebecome clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
motionget across, traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, cut through, cut acrosstravel across or pass over
English > get across: 3 senses > verb 1, communication
MeaningCommunicate successfully.
PatternSomebody ----s something
Example"I couldn't get across the message"
Synonymput over
Broadercommunicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put acrosstransmit information
Spanishcomunicar
Catalancomunicar
English > get across: 3 senses > verb 2, cognition
MeaningBecome clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions.
PatternSomething ----s
Synonymsclick, get through, dawn, come home, sink in, penetrate, fall into place
Cause tounderstandknow and comprehend the nature or meaning / meaning of
Spanishhaga clic en, penetrar
English > get across: 3 senses > verb 3, motion
MeaningTravel across or pass over.
PatternSomething is ----ing PP; Somebody ----s something; Somebody ----s PP
Synonymstraverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, cut through, cut across
Narrowerbridgecross over on a bridge
courseMove swiftly through or over
crisscrosscross in a pattern, often random
drive, takeproceed along in a vehicle
fordcross a river where it's shallow
hopTraverse as if by a short airplane trip
jaywalkcross the road at a red light
strideCover or traverse by taking long steps
trampcross on foot
walktraverse or cover by walking
Broaderpassgo across or through
Spanishatravesar, cruzar
Catalancreuar, travessar

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