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put across |
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put someone across (in a good way) and get someone across (in a good way) to present someone in a good way or a good light. I don't want Tom to make the speech. He doesn't put himself across well. I get myself across in situations like this. I'll do it. put something across (to someone) and get something across (to someone) Fig. to make something clear to someone; to convince someone of something; to get a plan accepted. I don't know how to put this point across to my class. Can you help? Can you help me get this across? How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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If you want to get something across, nothing is as simple as just saying it. If you want to get something across to Germans, you don't tell it to them in Chinese. ``Rather than obsess over believable lip movements, if we could get something across with an eye expression or a nose scrunch, we did that. |
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