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put across
verb as in bring to pass
verb as in convey
verb as in convince
verb as in effect
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verb as in explain
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verb as in express
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verb as in prevail on
verb as in prevail upon/prevail on
verb as in sell
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verb as in spell out
verb as in sway
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Example Sentences
The slaves fell away from him in surprise and alarm, not understanding what he was trying to put across.
Recover our canoe, and put across the lake to where Will stands on that dock.
The ninth game went to forty-love before Holt succeeded in handling one of the sizzling serves that Amy put across.
It had had, in fact, to be an honest job of ship-building in order to put across a phoney promotion.
"Some pretty shady transactions were put across in those early days," Bryant commented.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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