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got across

got across is the simple past of get across.

got across is the past participle of get across.

Meaning of get across

Verb

get across (third-person singular simple present gets across, present participle getting across, simple past got across, past participle (UK) got across or (US) gotten across)

  1. (intransitive, transitive) To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.
    • In heavy rain, the cavalry couldn't get across the river.
  2. (transitive) To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over.
    • I couldn't get across to the board this simple economic fact.
  3. (dated, intransitive, slang, African-American Vernacular) To succeed; to do well.
  4. (slang, transitive) To annoy (someone); to get on someone's bad side.

Questions about got across

What is got across the simple past of?
Got across is the simple past of get across.

Words near got across in the dictionary

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

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