get across
Example Sentences
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Rachel Reeves wants to try to get across that she gets it: that for all the political noise and argument, the cost of living remains the number one issue for millions of families.
From BBC • May 21, 2026
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
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 wasn’t like having another actor who had another agenda or actions or a perspective that they wanted to get across in the scene,” Foy says.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 12, 2025
He needed to get across to the platform, but he didn’t have any money, and if he thought about it one second longer, he’d chicken out.
From "Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story" by Nora Raleigh Baskin
