New English-Irish Dictionary

Similar words: cut across · put across · run across · come across · Red Cross · across · autocross · get about · get along · get around

get across

1 (v + adv) move across

INTRANSITIVEtrasnaigh verb c m utéigh trasna PhrV c m uyou have to pay to get across that way bíonn ort íoc chun dul trasna an bealach sin

TRANSITIVEcuir trasna c m uwe managed to get them across d'éirigh linn iad a chur trasna

2 (v + adv) communicate

INTRANSITIVEtéigh i bhfeidhmthis point is still not getting across níl an pointe seo ag dul i bhfeidhm ar dhaoine fós, níl an pointe seo ag dul abhaile ar dhaoine fósthe message is getting across that ... tá daoine ag tuiscint go ...what got across to me was ... an rud a thuig mise as ná ...

TRANSITIVEcuir in iúl c m ucuir abhaile c m uI got that across to them chuir mé é sin in iúl dóibh, chuir mé é sin ina luí orthuhe needs to get across to them that ní mór dó a chur ina luí orthu go ...; caithfidh sé a chur ar a súile dóibh go ...; is gá dó a chur abhaile orthu go ...

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3 (v + prep) (US), informal disagree with, oppose TRANSITIVEtar salach ar c m uI wouldn't like to get across him níor mhaith liom teacht salach air → see get

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