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gotten across

gotten 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 gotten across

What is gotten across the past participle of?
Gotten across is the past participle of get across.

Words near gotten across in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gotten across (page history and authors); get across (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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