put across

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put across

verb puts across · putting across · put across

to explain or state something clearly and understandably. All good communicators try to use popular, well-understood examples to put across complex ideas.
to convey or communicate. Yet, though the piece is preposterous hokum, the show is put across with enormous zest.

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@misc{put_across_2026,
  title = {put across},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/put%20across},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}