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— Stephen Crane

I looked here;

I looked there;

Nowhere could I see my love.

And--this time--

…

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adverb

In an accidental manner; by chance, unexpectedly.

“He discovered penicillin largely accidentally.”

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Dictionary Entry

put across

Part of Speechverb

To explain or state something clearly and understandably.

In a Sentence

“All good communicators try to use popular, well-understood examples to put across complex ideas.”

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communicatepass onpassput overput oneself acrossget acrossarticulatedeclare

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