put across
To explain or state something clearly and understandablyTo explain or state something clearly and understandably.
» He knew how to put his ideas across.
Он умел донести свою мысль до собеседника.
Meaning
2 sensesTo explain or state something clearly and understandably.
All good communicators try to use popular, well-understood examples to put across complex ideas.
To convey or communicate.
- transmit information
Examples
5 sentencesHe knew how to put his ideas across.
ruОн умел донести свою мысль до собеседника. — fjay69
John put across a big housing project.
It is sometimes very hard to put your idea across.
He found it hard to put his ideas across to his students.
It was difficult to pull off the towel she had put across the windscreen because it had frozen solid to the wipers.
deDas Handtuch, das sie über die Windschutzscheibe gelegt hatte, war kaum runterzubekommen, weil es mit den Scheibenwischern vereist war. — Pfirsichbaeumchen
Forms
puts across, putting across, put across, put across| Base form | put across · to put across |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | puts across |
| Present participle | putting across |
| Past simple | put across |
| Past participle | put across |
irregular · Lesson
Phrasal verbs
16 phrasal verbs- put upприбрати, прибиратиTo place in a high location.
- put offвідкласти, відкладатиTo postpone, especially through procrastination.
- put outзасмучувати, засмутитиTo blind (eyes).
- put onнадіти, одягтиTo don (clothing, equipment, or the like).
- put inвставити, вкластиTo place inside.
- put downвпускати, впуститиTo insult, belittle, or demean.
- put backзамінити, замінятиTo return something to its original place.
- put overвідкласти, відкладатиTo state or explain (a concept) in a clear, understandable manner.
More 8
- put awayприбрати, прибиратиTo put (something) in its usual storage place; to place out of the way, clean up.
- put throughвиконувати, винестиTo connect (a telephone caller) with the callee.
- put acrossпройти, проходитиTo explain or state something clearly and understandably.
- put byврятувати, рятуватиTo store, or place in reserve; to save (money, etc.) for later use.
- put forwardвиробляти, виробитиTo propose for consideration.
- put asideприбрати, прибиратиUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, aside.
- put aboutTo change direction.
- put underUsed other than figuratively or idiomatically: see put, under.
Synonyms
4 synonyms- transmit information:communicatepass onpasspass along
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