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put oneself across

put oneself across verb: to explain one's ideas and opinions clearly so that another person can understand them and get a picture of your personality.

Verb

put oneself across (third-person singular simple present puts oneself across, present participle putting oneself across, simple past and past participle put oneself across)

  1. (idiomatic) To explain one's ideas and opinions clearly so that another person can understand them and get a picture of your personality.
    • It is very important to put yourself across well at a job interview.

Forms of put oneself across

third-person singular presentputs oneself across
present participleputting oneself across
past participleput oneself across
pastput oneself across

Questions about put oneself across

What does put oneself across mean?
Put oneself across means to explain one's ideas and opinions clearly so that another person can understand them and get a picture of your personality.
What part of speech is put oneself across?
Put oneself across is a verb.
What is the past tense of put oneself across?
The past tense of put oneself across is put oneself across.

Words near put oneself across in the dictionary

  1. put one's stamp
  2. put one's toe in the water
  3. put one's trousers on one leg at a time
  4. put one's whole pussy into
  5. put oneself about
  6. put oneself across
  7. put oneself in someone's place
  8. put oneself in someone's shoes
  9. put oneself out
  10. put oneself out of the way
  11. put onto

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