get across

Example Sentences

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

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 24, 2026

"It's been hard to come by over the years when playing for Ireland, so we're desperate to get across that."

From BBC • Mar. 12, 2026

They would also consider if Luiz would have been able to get across to prevent the shot.

From BBC • Feb. 14, 2026

“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

Here’s how it worked: a maid needing to get across town to her white employer’s home would walk to the morning station nearest her home and wait for a ride.

From "Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice" by Phillip Hoose