Phrasal Verb Fun

get about, get around
After his accident, Edwin had to sit in a wheelchair for several months,
but it didn't stop him getting about. You could see him all over the town at
different social events.
about
has several meanings: one of the most common meanings is 'from
here to there to somewhere else'.
For example; It's play time, and 300 children are screaming, playing and
running about the playground.
Get around has exactly the same meaning.
Two-word verb without an object
No problem.
get across
To get something across means to get some information, a new idea
perhaps, across an imaginary table. 'To get something across' means 'to
successfully communicate it'.
A wise man of the mountain has his wisdom in a bag. He's handing it to
you. He is a wise man, but you are perhaps a little slow. So it takes time
to get it across. It takes time for the message to get across..

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It takes time for the message to
get over
. Same meaning.
Get across is very similar to
put across
and
put over
, but there is the
slight sense - that you always have with get - of a little difficulty.
GET something ACROSS is a
separable two-word verb
Be careful.
__________
The message, the information, or the impression gets across.
Also, the message can
come across
. Same meaning.
GET ACROSS is a
two-word verb without an object
No problem.