Definition: to make ideas or information clear or understandable to someone else

How to use it: This is a separable phrasal verb; the words can stay together or be separated by a direct object.

Examples:

• I can’t seem to get phrasal verb usage across to my students. No matter how much I explain, my students are still confused.
• I tried to get across to him that our relationship is over, but he keeps calling and texting me!