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Put across meaning

Put across is a phrasal verb with 2 meanings. One of them is to communicate ideas and opinions in a clear, understandable manner.

Past simple
put across
Past participle
put across
-ing form
putting across

What put across means

B2

To communicate ideas and opinions in a clear, understandable manner

She put her argument across calmly.

1 more meaning of put across is in the Retite app, with an example and a translation into your language.

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Similar phrasal verbs

With put: put on, put up, put off, put back, put away, put down, put out, put together, put in, put aside.

With across: get across, come across.

Common questions

What does put across mean?

It has 2 meanings. One of them is to communicate ideas and opinions in a clear, understandable manner. The other one, with an example and a translation into your language, is in the Retite app.

What is the past tense of put across?

Put across, which is also its past participle.

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