Wiktionary
vb. 1 to explain or state something clearly and understandably. 2 to perform a theatrical production.
WordNet
v. transmit information ; "Please communicate this message to all employees" [syn: communicate, pass on, pass]
Usage examples of "put across".
But it is something I've always sought to put across more by personal example than by precept.
But how could she put across to him, to anyone, what she was really feeling?
Slowly he climbed to his feet, cursing the bruise the quarterstaff had put across his ribs.
Speaking alternately, so that neither one actually committed himself, they put across the impression that a high-paying executive job awaited Doyle if he saw reason, while if he didn't, they would bring him to court on the charge that he had been bribed by a competitor.
He was never completely coherent, but he could talk a little more, and he managed to put across quite definitely his tremendous urge to give Fowler certain obscure information.
Planes had flown over the vast swamp and photographed it, and one highway, the Tamiami Trail, had been put across from Miami to Tampa, Florida.
There was hate in Monk's eyes, complete fury, and Monk's homeliness, twisted by what he was feeling, put across his emotion thoroughly.