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puts across

puts across is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put across.

Meaning of put across

Verb

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

  1. to explain or state something clearly and understandably.
    • All good communicators try to use popular, well-understood examples to put across complex ideas.
  2. to convey or communicate.
    • Yet, though the piece is preposterous hokum, the show is put across with enormous zest.2007 September 14, Michael Billington, “Bad Girls, the musical”, in The Guardian

Questions about puts across

What is puts across the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Puts across is the third-person singular simple present indicative of put across.

Words near puts across in the dictionary

  1. puts a slight upon
  2. puts a sock in it
  3. puts a spoke in someone's wheel
  4. puts a stop to
  5. puts about
  6. puts across
  7. puts ahead
  8. puts all one's eggs in one basket
  9. puts an egg in one's shoe and beats it
  10. puts an end to
  11. puts around

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