- put across
- verbtransmit information-
Please communicate this message to all employees
-pass along the good news
• Syn: ↑communicate, ↑pass on, ↑pass, ↑pass along• Derivationally related forms: ↑communicative (for: ↑communicate), ↑communicatory (for: ↑communicate), ↑communication (for: ↑communicate), ↑communicator (for: ↑communicate), ↑communicating (for: ↑communicate)• Hypernyms: ↑convey, ↑transmit, ↑communicate• Hyponyms:↑plant, ↑implant, ↑send a message, ↑relay, ↑get across, ↑put over, ↑request, ↑bespeak, ↑call for, ↑quest, ↑acknowledge, ↑receipt, ↑carry, ↑render, ↑deliver, ↑return, ↑message• Verb Frames:-Somebody ——s something
-Somebody ——s something to somebody
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put across [phrasal verb]1 put (something) across or put across (something) : to cause (something) to be clearly understood : to get (something) across2 put (yourself) across as (something) : to cause (yourself) to appear to be (a particular type of person)He tries to put himself across as [=to make other people believe that he is] a nice guy.
• • •Main Entry: ↑put
Useful english dictionary. 2012.