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4 phrasal verbs with "across" and how to use them

Confident Business English

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The Meaning of Get Across

To come across is to give other people a certain feeling or opinion. With this meaning it's intransitive. So we can use it also with a noun phrase as well. For example, he comes across as a bit of a rude person. There's no object there. Okay. Let's move on to our last one which is again with a cross, but this time with a different verb, which is get across. This is important to put it in context phrasal verbs rather than just understanding the meaning. If you're trying to make changes in an organization, it's really hard to get the message across sometimes if people don't want to hear it. And governments and organizations

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