phrasal verb · neutral
bring across
UK/brɪŋ əˈkrɒs/US/brɪŋ əˈkrɔs/bring a·CROSS
speakingtask2
to communicate an idea or feeling so that other people understand it
Examples
“He used a simple story to bring across his main argument.”
“It can be hard to bring complex scientific ideas across in a short talk.”
“She brought the point across by giving a concrete example.”
Band 8 sentence
“In presentations, the key is to bring across your main point with clear examples rather than long slides.”
Collocations
- bring across an idea
- bring across to someone
Word family
bring across phrasal verbbringing across verb (gerund)brought across verb (past)
Common mistakes
bring him across the idea→bring the idea across to him
bring across to him the idea→bring the idea across to him
Say it for a higher band
5say→6explain→7+bring across
Synonyms
convey
get across
Easily confused
get across
“She managed to get her point across despite the interruptions.”
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