come across
— phrasal verb with come uk/kʌm/us/kʌm/verb came, come
(BEHAVE)
C1 to behave in a way that makes people believe that you have a particular characteristic:
She comes across really well (= creates a positive image) on television.
He comes across as a bit of a bore in interview.
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Seeming and purporting to be
- apparent
- as if/though idiom
- by the look(s) of things idiom
- come
- come over
- face
- impression
- outward
- paper
- persona
- prima facie
- purport
- putative
- reportedly
- so-called
- sound
- supposed
- supposedly
- verisimilitude
- you can't judge a book by its cover idiom
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(EXPRESS)
C2 If an idea or emotion comes across in writing, film, music, or when someone is speaking, it is expressed clearly and people notice it:
What comes across in his later poetry is a great sense of sadness.
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Easy to understand
- (as) clear as day idiom
- accessible
- assimilate
- axiomatic
- clarity
- crystal
- crystal clear idiom
- digestible
- expressly
- graphic
- hang
- hang together
- incisive
- intelligible
- limpid
- sharp
- transparent
- undiluted
- unmistakable
- well defined
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