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get across

verb as in communicate an idea

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They are both close to implementation, “but each needs a final push to get across the finish line,” she said.

It is perhaps the key message the party wants to get across this week, as it seeks to present Nigel Farage's spending plans as a threat to the public finance.

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“It actually shows great mastery — an understanding of what a song needs to get across.”

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Kane, who has impressed in possession, was a weak point for England out of possession, unable to get across or contest defenders pushing up.

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Bangkok failed to get across its argument that Cambodia, whose rockets marked the first use of artillery and had killed several Thai civilians, was responsible for the escalation.

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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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