get onto

get onto

vb (preposition)

1. Also get on to board or cause or help to board (a bus, train, etc.)

2. (intr) to make contact with; communicate with

3. (intr) to become aware of (something illicit or secret) the boss will get onto their pilfering unless they're careful

4. (intr) to deliver a demand, request, or rebuke to I'll get onto the manufacturers to replace these damaged goods See usage note at onto

Thesaurus

Verb

1.

get onto - understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on" catch on, cotton on, get it, get wise, twig, latch on, tumble apprehend, comprehend, get the picture, grok, savvy, grasp, compass, dig - get the meaning of something; "Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter?"