get across
To cross; to move from one side to the other, literally or figurativelyTo cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.
» Getting your message across is much more important than trying to say it exactly like a native speaker would say it.
Man soll lieber versuchen, sich verständlich zu machen, als alles genauso wie ein Muttersprachler auszudrücken.
Доносить смысл Вашего сообщения намного важнее, чем пытаться сказать это так, как сказал бы носитель языка.
Донести до співбесідника свою думку набагато важливіше, ніж намагатися висловити її точно так само, як це зробив би носій мови.
Meaning
4 senses(intransitive, transitive)To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.
In heavy rain, the cavalry couldn't get across the river.
It's impossible to get across with all checkpoints closed.
(transitive)To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over.
I couldn't get across to the board this simple economic fact.
Better organized writing helps to get the point across.
(dated, intransitive, slang)To succeed; to do well.
(slang, transitive)To annoy (someone); to get on someone's bad side.
- communicate successfully
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions
- travel across or pass over
Examples
58 sentencesGetting your message across is much more important than trying to say it exactly like a native speaker would say it.
Донести до співбесідника свою думку набагато важливіше, ніж намагатися висловити її точно так само, як це зробив би носій мови.
ruДоносить смысл Вашего сообщения намного важнее, чем пытаться сказать это так, как сказал бы носитель языка.
deMan soll lieber versuchen, sich verständlich zu machen, als alles genauso wie ein Muttersprachler auszudrücken.
I finally got across the river.
ruЯ наконец-то перебрался через реку.
I couldn't get my point across.
He got his meaning across to me.
I think I got my point across.
ruДумаю, я донёс свою мысль.
Translations
4 languagesForms
gets across, getting across, got across, got across| Base form | get across · to get across |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | gets across |
| Present participle | getting across |
| Past simple | got across |
| Past participle | got across / gotten across |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- get upвстати, вставатиTo move in an upward direction; to ascend or climb.
- get offзупинитися, зупинятисяTo move from being on top of (something) to not being on top of it.
- get outвийти, виходитиTo leave or escape.
- get onстаріти, постарітиTo board or mount (something), especially a vehicle.
- get inвигнати, виганятиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, in.
- get downзнатиTo bring or come down; to descend; to cause to bring or come down.
- get backповернутися, повертатисяReturn to where one came from.
- get overпокрити, прикритиTo overcome.
More 8
- get awayвтекти, втікатиTo move away (from).
- get intoносити, надітиTo move into (an object), such that one ends up inside it.
- get aroundзламати, ламатиTo move to the other side of (something, such as an obstruction) by deviating from a direct course or following a curved path.
- get throughдосягати, діставатиTo overcome; to endure.
- get alongвживатися, справлятисяTo interact or coexist well, without argument or trouble.
- get toзробити, робитиTo reach or arrive at (a physical or abstract destination, or state of doing a certain activity).
- get byвживатися, справлятисяTo subsist; to succeed, survive, or manage, at least at a minimal level.
- get withTo become intimate with; to kiss and cuddle with; to have sex with.
Synonyms
16 synonyms- communicate successfully:put over
- become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions:clickget throughdawncome homesink inpenetratefall into place
- travel across or pass over:traversetrackcovercrosspass overget overcut throughcut across
Lessons for this word
3 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
- A1Past simple, irregular verbs — Because of its past form
- A2Present perfect: introduction — Because of its past participle