What does get onto mean?

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. catch on, get wise, get onto, tumble, latch on, cotton on, twig, get itverb

    understand, usually after some initial difficulty

    "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on"

Wiktionary

  1. get ontoverb

    To move onto an object, especially one on which it is possible to stand.

  2. get ontoverb

    To contact a person or organisation about a particular matter.

  3. get ontoverb

    To connect, especially to the Internet or a network.

  4. get ontoverb

    To scold someone.

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  1. get onto

    To "get onto" generally means to board or embark on a vehicle like a train, a boat, or an airplane. Alternatively, it can also mean to start discussing a new topic, start a new task, or begin to understand or address something. The exact meaning often depends on the context in which it is used.

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of get onto in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of get onto in Pythagorean Numerology is: 6

Examples of get onto in a Sentence

  1. Austin Kim:

    It's at the choke point that you really suffer, you will not easily get onto that bridge in rush hour.

  2. Jonathan Greenberg:

    He figured out what he had to do in order to deceive me and get onto that list. And he did it very well. And he maintained that persona of just sort of talking about his assets without any sense of debt and lying about it.

  3. Jesus Ortega:

    How irresponsible and careless of him just to get onto a flight knowing that he might be infected, the problem is he’s the president. If the president violates the health guidelines, he’s setting a bad example to others.

  4. Huang Wei:

    Investors who missed last year's bull run are taking advantage of the correction to get onto the ride, the virus doesn't change long-term fundamentals of China's market, just as the Pearl Harbor incident didn't change U.S. economic strength.

  5. Hillary Clinton on Monday:

    We are back into the political season and there are all kinds of distractions and attacks, and I am ready for that. I know that that comes, unfortunately, with the territory. It is, I think, worth nothing that the Republicans seem to be talking only about me. I don't know what they would be talk about if I wasn't in the race. But I am in the race and hopefully we will get onto the issues and I look forward to that.

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