put across
Example Sentences
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His poorly reviewed movie performances certainly raise the possibility that he’s trying to put across a fully formed character in his music and merely failing to get it done.
From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 24, 2022
"We went to Parliament to lobby the local MP. Quite a crowd of us took a couple of buses down to put across our points of view," Brian said.
From BBC • Jul. 25, 2021
Baltimore entered 24th among the 30 major league teams in scoring, then put across its highest runs total since beating Oakland 18-2 on Aug. 16, 2015.
From Fox News • Jun. 6, 2021
Finally, Tran explains that to create “a sense of home,” community managers need to do more than put across a friendly tone in social media posts or open up a Discord.
From The Verge • Apr. 1, 2020
Kennedy, a folklorist at heart, apparently wanted to put across the most dramatic story possible, and therefore included not only his own anti-Klan activities but those of another man, code-named John Brown.
From "Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything" by Steven D. Levitt
