get across
verb- 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.· It's impossible to get across with all checkpoints closed.
- 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.· Better organized writing helps to get the point across.
- To succeed; to do well.
- To annoy (someone); to get on someone's bad side.
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So I believe the best way to get across the desert will be through the air.
But is it understandable that he should go out of his way to bring with him the most noisy weapon he could select, knowing well that it will fetch every human being in the house to the spot as quick as they can run, and that it is all odds that he will be seen before he can get across the moat?
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