get across

Questions about get across

What does get across mean?

get across means "communicate successfully". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

What is another word for get across?

Close synonyms include put over, click, get through, dawn, come home. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is get across a common word?

get across is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.