B2idiomcommunicationIELTS-friendly
get through to someone
USUK
to make someone understand or accept what you are saying
Also means to reach someone by phone: 'I couldn't get through to her'. Here it is about making someone listen and understand.
In context
It took three emails to get through to the landlord about the leak.
Nothing I say seems to get through to my son about homework.
More idioms about communication
- a bone of contentiona subject that people keep arguing about
- a broken recordsomeone who keeps repeating the same thing in an annoying way
- a heart-to-heartan honest, private conversation about personal feelings
- a moot pointUK: a question still open to argument. US: a question that no longer matters in practice.
- a red herringa fact or idea that takes attention away from the real issue