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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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I wasn't breathing fire in every scene, but I wanted to get across that he was a psychotic.
Now, while there were a lot of interruptions, each side did have a chance to get across their bottom line.
He certainly wishes to get across the message that any side-effects problems hopefully are not unsurmountable.
Was it the quants who failed to imagine how big price distortions could get across all markets when liquidity evaporates?
The message I want to get across is that what seems like a small amount of money over here can make a huge difference over there.
Anyhoo, what I'm trying to get across is that this mag is harder to get hold of than a jellied eel.

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