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get a load |
get a look |
get a noseful |
get a whiff |
get about |
get across
| get ahead
| get along
| get along with
| get around
| get around to
get across
WORDNET DICTIONARY
Verb get across has 3 senses
- get across(v = verb.communication) put over - communicate successfully; "I couldn't get across the message"; "He put over the idea very well" is one way to communicate, pass, pass along, pass on, put across
- get across(v = verb.cognition) click, come home, dawn, fall into place, get through, penetrate, sink in - become clear or enter one's consciousness or emotions; "It dawned on him that she had betrayed him"; "she was penetrated with sorrow" Sample sentence:
- get across(v = verb.motion) cover, cross, cut across, cut through, get over, pass over, track, traverse - travel across or pass over; "The caravan covered almost 100 miles each day" is one way to go across, go through, pass
Sample sentence:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s
Sample sentences:
Something is ----ing PP
Somebody ----s something
Somebody ----s PP
THESAURUS
get across
assail the ear, be glimpsed, be heard, broadcast, caress the ear, clarify, come through, communicate, contact, convey, dawn on, disseminate, elucidate, explain, explicate, gain a hearing, get over, get through to, get to, give, give word, hand on, impart, leave word, make an impression, make clear, make it clear, make known, make oneself heard, pass, pass along, pass on, penetrate, popularize, put across, put over, reach, reach the ear, register, render, report, send, send word, share, share with, signal, simplify, sink in, soak in, spell out, tell, transfer, transmit, vulgarize
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