"get across the line" meaning in English

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets across the line",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting across the line",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got across the line",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten across the line",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got across the line",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,gotten:got> across the line"
      },
      "expansion": "get across the line (third-person singular simple present gets across the line, present participle getting across the line, simple past got across the line, past participle gotten across the line or got across the line)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "get over the line"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 1, Steve Sutcliffe, “World Snooker Championship 2023 final: Luca Brecel beats Mark Selby for first world title”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Selby's charge continued with a half-century in the 30th frame and a fluked red set him on the way to winning the 31st frame.\nThat opened up the possibility of a first Crucible finale to go the distance since Peter Ebdon's 18-17 victory over Stephen Hendry in 2002, but Brecel recovered his composure to get across the line for an emotional victory.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of get over the line"
      ],
      "id": "en-get_across_the_line-en-verb-DW3i8kAr",
      "links": [
        [
          "get over the line",
          "get over the line#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get across the line"
}

{
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "gets across the line",
      "tags": [
        "present",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "getting across the line",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "present"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got across the line",
      "tags": [
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "gotten across the line",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "got across the line",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "get<,,got,gotten:got> across the line"
      },
      "expansion": "get across the line (third-person singular simple present gets across the line, present participle getting across the line, simple past got across the line, past participle gotten across the line or got across the line)",
      "name": "en-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "get over the line"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        "English entries with incorrect language header",
        "English lemmas",
        "English multiword terms",
        "English terms with quotations",
        "English verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "2023 May 1, Steve Sutcliffe, “World Snooker Championship 2023 final: Luca Brecel beats Mark Selby for first world title”, in BBC Sport",
          "text": "Selby's charge continued with a half-century in the 30th frame and a fluked red set him on the way to winning the 31st frame.\nThat opened up the possibility of a first Crucible finale to go the distance since Peter Ebdon's 18-17 victory over Stephen Hendry in 2002, but Brecel recovered his composure to get across the line for an emotional victory.",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Alternative form of get over the line"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "get over the line",
          "get over the line#English"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "alt-of",
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "get across the line"
}