to get across
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1.8
- phrasal verb
- /ɡɛt əˈkrɔs/
- We couldn't even get across 51st St.; there were so many people.
- get across the street
- get across the bridge
- get across the river
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Watch on YouTubeAnd we're all going to get this torch across America.
- And we're all going to get this torch across America.
- And he got about halfway across the street walking right towards us.
- That's just how long it would take light to get across it.
- Plant viruses also the plant cell wall would be very hard to get across with a by binding a protein.
- And when I got across the border, I got to a Syrian like or like Bedouin.
- That's total bullshit because if ET understands physics and can get across the universe and get here, they also understand biology.
- And I feel like it did affect us a little bit, but in the end we had done enough over the course of the season to to do enough and get across the line.
- This I got to get back across this border.
- You only need half to get across the country.
- Like like they don't have like to get across that straight right that the waterway between the two.
Examples
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She carefully waited for a break in traffic to get across the busy street.
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The river was swollen, but they managed to get across using a small boat.
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How am I gonna get across the border?
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He'll help you get across the border.
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We gotta get across the river.
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I want to get across town, and a car is the best way to do this.
Blog text (19) -
I need help getting across the street.
Academic text (1996) -
We get to one of the bridges and get across the river!
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All right, we've gotta get across the line.
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Don't worry, we'll get across.
Fiction book (1996)
Synonyms
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1.0
To move past something or someone
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1.0
To go across something from one side to the other
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3.3
Move across something like a river or mountain
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2.1
Pass from one point to another during a journey or process
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3.0
To go straight across a place, for example through land or a crowd
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3.3
To move across a place, often above the ground
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5.6
To move across land or water from one side to the other
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3.2
To go through a place like a park to make a shorter route
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2.2
To jump lightly from one side to the other using small jumps
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5.4
To walk with heavy steps across a large area
How Far
Surface Forms
Morphology
get + across
The verb 'get' (move/bring) combined with the spatial particle 'across' evokes a common metaphor of transferring something to the other side, so a learner who knows both words can often infer a sense like 'move an idea to someone' (i.e. convey). However, the specific communicative nuance of successfully causing understanding is a metaphorical extension of the spatial sense and not strictly literal, so the sense is only partially predictable without prior exposure.
Etymology
Get across paints a simple picture: to get something across is to move it to the other side, like walking across a street or river. So it means 'to cross' from one side to the other.