get across

get across
a) To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.

In heavy rain, the cavalry couldnt get across the river.

b) To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling.

Its impossible to get across with all checkpoints closed.


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