get onto

present singular third person gets onto · participle present getting onto · past got onto · UK participle past got onto · Australia US participle past gotten onto

1. To contact a person or organisation about a particular matter.

   You should get onto the manufacturers and complain.

2. To connect, especially to the Internet or a network.

   With my new computer, I can get onto the Internet faster.

   Synonyms: log on

3. transitiveTo scold someone; to pressure someone; to criticize someone.

   My father got onto me for taking the car without asking.

   Synonyms: reprimand, scold

4. ditransitiveinformalTo introduce someone to something.

   My mum got me onto this new diet and I've lost 5 kilos in the past two weeks.

5. informalTo take a look at someone or something.

   Hey, get onto the dog and cat playing together.

   1 more example

   “Get onto the bloke with the face fringe.”

   1918, Norman Lindsay, The Magic Pudding, page 90

6. informalslangtransitiveTo believe or suspect something; to understand or come to understand something; to realize something.
7. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, onto.

   The child will get onto the merry-go-round.

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   That cat's on the house again. How does it get onto the roof?

   Synonyms: board