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putting across

putting across is the present participle and gerund 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 putting across

What is putting across the present participle and gerund of?
Putting across is the present participle and gerund of put across.

Words near putting across in the dictionary

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

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