get across something
— phrasal verb with get us/ɡet/verb present participle getting, past participle gotten /ˈɡɑt·ən/got /ɡɑt/
to communicate an idea or message successfully:
I hoped to get across the idea that a community is more than just a bunch of people living in one place.
Our ideas are better and we need to find a different way of getting that across.