Usually means: Communicate an idea or message.
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General (13 matching dictionaries)
  1. get across: Merriam-Webster
  2. get across: Collins English Dictionary
  3. get across: Vocabulary.com
  4. get across: Wiktionary
  5. get across: Dictionary.com
  6. get across: Rhymezone
  7. get across: Phrasal Verb Page
  8. get across: FreeDictionary.org
  9. get across: Mnemonic Dictionary
  10. get across: TheFreeDictionary.com
  11. get across: Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English

Business (1 matching dictionary)
  1. get across: Legal dictionary

Computing (1 matching dictionary)
  1. get across: Encyclopedia

Medicine (1 matching dictionary)
  1. get across: Medical dictionary

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  1. get across: Idioms

Definitions from Wiktionary (get across)

verb:  (transitive, intransitive) To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.
verb:  (transitive) To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over.
verb:  (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, dated) To succeed; to do well.
verb:  (transitive, slang) To annoy (someone); to get on someone's bad side.

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