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put across

verb

  1. adverb to communicate in a comprehensible way

    he couldn't put things across very well

  2. put one across informal.
    to get (someone) to accept or believe a claim, excuse, etc, by deception

    they put one across their teacher

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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"I love fusion and I think it's something that needs to be put across, that all music basically is one music."

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This enabled us to film pictures which sufficiently put across the savagery of the storm, without taking a major safety risk.

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You expect Fiennes to expertly convey inner turmoil, but it’s the comedic way he puts across the cardinal’s exasperation with petty men that won me over.

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“We’re going to continue to see warehouses being put across the street from homes and schools, because it will be OK with the law.”

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However, the technology then needs to be able to adapt this to put across the required tone or volume, to put words together in a natural-sounding way.

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