get onto

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English

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Verb

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get onto (third-person singular simple present gets onto, present participle getting onto, simple past got onto, past participle (UK) got onto or (US, Australia) 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.
  3. (transitive) To scold someone; to pressure someone; to criticize someone.
    My father got onto me for taking the car without asking.
  4. (ditransitive, informal) To introduce someone to something.
    My mum got me onto this new diet and I've lost 5 kilos in the past two weeks.
  5. (informal) To take a look at someone or something.
    Hey, get onto the dog and cat playing together.
  6. (informal, transitive, slang) To 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.

Usage notes

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The usage "to introduce someone to something" always requires an object both before and after onto. The other meanings only require an object after onto.

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