gets across
Makes understood clearly
Gets across means to communicate successfully—to make an idea, feeling, or message understood by others.
The emphasis is on the message reaching its target: She struggled to get her point across.
It can also mean to cross a physical barrier: We need to figure out how to get across the river.
- conveysTransfers or expresses
- expressesCommunicates through words
- makes clearRenders understandable
- communicatesExchanges information with others
- articulatesExpresses in words
drives home · sinks in · surmounts · signifies · interprets · spans · explains · demonstrates · traverses · navigates · clarifies · illustrates · bridges · overcomes · imparts · passes · advances · penetrates
gets acrossmisses the mark
Fails to achieve aim
gets lost · falls flat · obscures · confuses · bombs
gets acrossmuddles
Creates disorder or confusion
garbles · obscures · confuses · obfuscates · clouds
gets acrossconceals
Keeps from being seen
withholds · hides · suppresses · holds back · keeps to oneself
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