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

“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

At that time people typically hid in lorries to get across the Channel.

From BBC • Oct. 15, 2025

I really need to get across this path—the kind of need-to that should push me to have some brilliant idea.

From "The Sky at Our Feet" by Nadia Hashimi