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get across the line

get across the line is the alternative form of get over the line.

Meaning of get over the line

Verb

get over the line (third-person singular simple present gets over the line, present participle getting over the line, simple past got over the line, past participle got over the line or gotten over the line)

  1. (ambitransitive) To fulfil one's task; to do what is required.
    • Midfielder Jill Scott, who had suffered defeat at the hands of the Germans in the final in 2009, came on in extra time to help England get over the line and was overcome with emotion.2022 July 31, Emma Sanders, “England 2-1 Germany”, in BBC Sport

Forms of get across the line

third-person singular presentgets across the line
present participlegetting across the line
pastgot across the line
past participlegotten across the line
past participlegot across the line

Questions about get across the line

What is get across the line the alternative form of?
Get across the line is the alternative form of get over the line.

Words near get across the line in the dictionary

  1. get a word in edgewise
  2. get a wriggle on
  3. get about
  4. get above oneself
  5. get across
  6. get across the line
  7. get action
  8. get after
  9. get ahead
  10. get ahead of
  11. get ahead of oneself

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Adapted from Wiktionary: get across the line (page history and authors); get over the line (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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