put across

English

Verb

put across (third-person singular simple present puts across, present participle putting across, simple past and past participle put across)

1. to explain or state something clearly and understandably.

   All good communicators try to use popular, well-understood examples to put across complex ideas.

2. to convey or communicate.
   • 2007 September 14, Michael Billington, “Bad Girls, the musical”, in The Guardian:

     Yet, though the piece is preposterous hokum, the show is put across with enormous zest.

Usage notes

The object can come before or after the particle. If the object is a pronoun, then it must come before the particle.

Related terms

• put oneself across