get across

== English == === Pronunciation === === Verb === get across (third-person singular simple present gets across, present participle getting across, simple past got across, past participle (UK) got across or (US) gotten across) (transitive, intransitive) To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively. (transitive) To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over. (intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular, dated) To succeed; to do well. (transitive, slang) To annoy (someone); to get on someone's bad side. ==== Derived terms ==== get it across one's head ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === escargots