B2idiomcommunicationIELTS-friendly
get your point across
USUK
to make other people understand what you are trying to say
Useful when talking about speaking and presentation skills. 'Your' changes: his point, her point.
In context
You don't need perfect grammar to get your point across in a meeting.
He used simple drawings to get his point across to the young students.
More idioms about communication
- a moot pointUK: a question still open to argument. US: a question that no longer matters in practice.
- beat around the bushto avoid saying something directly, usually because it is uncomfortable
- get the wrong end of the stickto understand something in the wrong way
- get to the pointto start talking about the most important part of a subject
- hit the nail on the headto describe a situation or problem exactly right