get across

Example Sentences

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Was there something about you that you felt like you wanted to get across in this special that maybe you haven’t gotten to in your previous specials?

From Los Angeles Times • May 21, 2026

“You try to get across it’s not about where you get drafted,” Snead said Thursday night.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

"So now we can allow the nerves to get across the gap."

From BBC • Feb. 10, 2026

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

From BBC • Dec. 8, 2025

I tell TaShon and Spot, “Be still. I’m going to get across to some water, food. We’ll have to hold it on our lap.”

From "Ninth Ward" by Jewell Parker Rhodes