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What does get across mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word get across? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. (transitive, intransitive) To cross; to move from one side (of something) to the other, literally or figuratively.
  2. (transitive) To make an idea evident; to successfully explain a thought or feeling; put over.
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He wanted something heightened, very stylized, and a sense of twisted kink to get across his message.
I was reading military journals in bed at night, just to get across the technical detail we needed to know.
Sweeping shots and crazy angles seem to add to the tense, built-up vibe the movie is trying to get across.
He certainly wishes to get across the message that any side-effects problems hopefully are not unsurmountable.
I wasn't breathing fire in every scene, but I wanted to get across that he was a psychotic.
Was it the quants who failed to imagine how big price distortions could get across all markets when liquidity evaporates?

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