phrasal verbs: get

Question 1

get (something) across/over

Answer 1

to communicate, to make understandable
Well, to sum up, what is the message that you are trying to get across?
I had created a way to get my message across while using as few words as possible.

Question 2

get away with (something)

Answer 2

to do something without being noticed or punished
I don’t know how the footballer got away with that obvious foul.
I always just wanted to get away from it all and avoid it.
Imagine what would have happened if they’d got away with it?

Question 3

get up

Answer 3

stand up

They wouldn’t get up until early December.”