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Meaning of put across | Babel Free

Verb CEFR B2

Definitions

  1. to explain or state something clearly and understandably.
  2. to convey or communicate.

Equivalents

Deutsch vorlegen

Examples

“All good communicators try⟳ to use⟳ popular, well-understood examples to put⟳ across complex ideas.”
“Yet, though the piece is preposterous hokum, the show⟳ is put⟳ across with enormous zest.”

CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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See also

put ahead put all one's eggs in one basket put an egg in one's shoe and beat it put an end to put around put aside

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