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

At times they were slow to get across, allowing Pedro Porro to play accurate long balls down the line.

From BBC • Apr. 25, 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

I’d never win a baby-crawling contest, but by the time I was three, I had learned to get across a room.

From "Out of My Mind" by Sharon M. Draper