get across

Example Sentences

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The figure is a record for a December day in recent years, and is believed to be due to a backlog of people wanting to get across to Kent because of recent bad weather.

From BBC • Dec. 21, 2025

“It could actually be somewhat helpful, because they’re trying to get across ‘the bar is higher’ without saying, ‘We’re not going to do something that we might very well wind up wanting to do.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

There was a clear point he wanted to get across, and he did it very powerfully.

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

During his postgame news conference, Reid was asked what he had been trying to get across to Kelce during the exchange.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 22, 2025

“If we can’t get across, we’re going to have to backtrack all the way to where we met up with Tomás and find another way around.”

From "Storm Runners" by Roland Smith