Get across meaning
Get across is a phrasal verb that means to communicate an idea successfully so that another person understands or accepts it.
- Past simple
- got across
- Past participle
- got across
- -ing form
- getting across
What get across means
B2
To communicate an idea successfully so that another person understands or accepts it
She used a diagram to get her point across.
Similar phrasal verbs
With get: get back, get on, get in, get out, get along, get together, get around, get off, get at, get away.
With across: put across, come across.
Common questions
What does get across mean?
To communicate an idea successfully so that another person understands or accepts it.
What is the past tense of get across?
Got across, which is also its past participle.
Meanings and examples are written by Retite. The meanings follow Open English WordNet (CC BY 4.0). Levels are based on the CEFR-J Wordlist and set by Retite.
