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put across

verb

  1. (adverb) to communicate in a comprehensible way

    he couldn't put things across very well

  2. informalto get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception

    they put one across their teacher

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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Idioms and Phrases

Cause to be understood or accepted, as in She put her views across very well . [c. 1920]

Attain or carry through by deceit, as in You can't put anything across this teacher . [c. 1920] Also see put over , def. 3.

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“And that comes from her dark and very sad past and how long she has been thinking about killing Joel. That’s the energy I was hoping to put across.”

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Six decades later, though, “Dance to the Music” still communicates a sense of boundless joy — even as it puts across a flicker of doubt about going so nice-and-smiley.

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"I love fusion and I think it's something that needs to be put across, that all music basically is one music."

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This enabled us to film pictures which sufficiently put across the savagery of the storm, without taking a major safety risk.

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You expect Fiennes to expertly convey inner turmoil, but it’s the comedic way he puts across the cardinal’s exasperation with petty men that won me over.

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