Definition of "get across" []

To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively. (verb)
To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling. (verb)

Wiktionary.org : Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License

Use "get across" in a sentence

"If, in addition, the Federal cavalry could swing far beyond the Confederate right and get across the roads that led to Danville. . ."
"Harry Shaughnessy made his way down the stairs cut into the steep hill, wondering how he was going to get across Shepard Road."
"Stuart consequently divided his forces again: Gordon must hang on the rear of the enemy; Fitz Lee with Lomax and Wickham must move by way of Hanover Junction and get across Sheridan's path."

Words like "get across"

communicate

get it across one's head

pass pass along

pass on put across