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Definition of Put across
1. Verb. Transmit information. "They put across the information to them"; "Pass along the good news"
Specialized synonyms: Implant, Plant, Send A Message, Relay, Get Across, Put Over, Bespeak, Call For, Quest, Request, Acknowledge, Receipt, Carry, Deliver, Render, Return, Message, Message
Generic synonyms: Communicate, Convey, Transmit
Derivative terms: Communicating, Communication, Communication, Communication, Communicative, Communicative, Communicator, Communicatory
Definition of Put across
1. Verb. to explain or state something clearly and understandably. ¹
2. Verb. to perform a theatrical production. ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Lexicographical Neighbors of Put Across
Literary usage of Put across
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Report by Tasmania Dept. of Mines (1902)
"The 150-feet level east was put across the lode 350 feet south of D open cut.
... A trench put across the formation at the surface shows that the lode at ..."
2. A Handbook of the Ila Language by Edwin William Smith (1907)
"Chiama, kn, ri to be put across, to be across, crosswise, aslant. Ferf. ...
one stick is planted upright, another is put across. ..."
3. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"put across so as to fall on both sides, as a towel (ac.c. ... back or body
thoroughly, pitch ; into him ; put across or in between so as to fix, ..."
4. American Negligence Reports, Current Series Cited Am. Neg. Rep.: All the by United States (1901)
"It is clearly shown that barricades were put across the street to warn the public
of the danger of crossing, and that these planks were put across for the ..."
5. A Zulu-English Dictionary with Notes on Pronunciation: A Revised Orthography by Alfred T. Bryant (1905)
"put across so as to fall on both sides, as a towel (aoc. ... back or body
thoroughly, pitch j into him ; put across or in between м> as to fix, ..."
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