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get your point across
communicate an idea
To get your point across means to make people understand your main idea.
This vs that
I need to get my point across.
I'll run through the figures.
Hear it in real life
Did they understand why the deadline was unrealistic?
I think so—I managed to get my point across.
I used a simple example to get my point across to the rest of the team.
Which sounds natural?
Psst — which one would you actually say?
People use this everyday phrase for making an idea understood; the stiff version sounds like a presentation script.
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How it fits in a sentence.
get your point across; get something across to someone
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Your turn: say it out loud
I need to get my point across.
Say it out loud two or three times, until it feels like yours.
get your point across
communicate an idea
“I used a simple example to get my point across to the rest of the team.”
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