ACROSS

[adverb] [not gradable], preposition - from one side to the other of (something with clear limits, such as an area of land, a road, river, etc.), or on the opposite side ofIt's too deep to walk, but you can swim across.She walked across the field/road.They're building a new bridge across the river.The library is just across the road.(figurative) We tried to get our point across (= make it understood), but he just wouldn't listen.(figurative) Voting took place peacefully across most of the country (= in most parts of the country).See picture: Prepositions expressing movementTravelling across country is travelling in a direction where roads or public transport do not go, or where main roads or railways do not go.We'll have to cut across country until we can pick up a main road.Getting a train across country from Cambridge to Chester can be difficult.Something which happens across the board happens or has an effect on people at every level and in every area.The improvement has been across the board, with all divisions either increasing profits or reducing losses.The initiative has across-the-board support.(informal) If you put one across someone, you succeed in deceiving them about something, esp. by telling them something which is not true but which they believe.