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| present tense | |
| I/you/we/they | get across |
| he/she/it | gets across |
| present participle | getting across |
| past tense | got across |
| past participle | got across |
- to make people understand something
He sometimes has trouble getting his meaning across in English.
get something across to someone:What message are you trying to get across to the consumer?
get across how/what etc:I was trying to get across how much I admired them.
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