put across

[put across] {v.}

1. To explain clearly; make yourself understood; communicate.

* /He knew how to put his ideas across./

Compare: GET ACROSS. 2. {informal} To get (something) done successfully; bring to success; make real.

* /He put across a big sales campaign./

* /The new librarian put across a fine new library building./

Syn.: PUT OVER(2). Compare: PULL OFF.

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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