get across

Example Sentences

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And, so, in wrapping your head around it that way, it’s actually pretty easy to get across.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 11, 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

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 could actually be somewhat helpful, because they’re trying to get across ‘the bar is higher’ without saying, ‘We’re not going to do something that we might very well wind up wanting to do.’

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 11, 2025

Mary Lou was trying to get across the room to Alex, who was standing there as pink as can be.

From "Walk Two Moons" by Sharon Creech