get across
1. communicate successfully (Freq. 1) - I couldn't get across the message - He put over the idea very well • Syn: put over • Hypernyms: communicate, pass on, pass, pass along, put across • Verb Frames: - Somebody ----s something 2. become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions (Freq. 1) - It dawned on him that she had betrayed him - she was penetrated with sorrow • Syn: click, get through, dawn, come home, sink in, penetrate, fall into place • Cause: understand • Verb Frames: - Something ----s 3. travel across or pass over - The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day • Syn: traverse, track, cover, cross, pass over, get over, cut through, cut across • Derivationally related forms: crossing (for: cross), track (for: track), traverse (for: traverse), traverser (for: traverse), traversal (for: traverse) • Hypernyms: pass, go through, go across • Hyponyms: tramp, stride, walk, crisscross, ford, bridge, jaywalk, drive, take, course, hop • Verb Frames: - Something is ----ing PP - Somebody ----s something - Somebody ----s PP
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