get onto

Definitions

1. 1

   To contact a person or organisation about a particular matter.

   • You should get onto the manufacturers and complain.
2. 2

   To connect, especially to the Internet or a network.

   • With my new computer, I can get onto the Internet faster.
3. 3

   To scold someone

   To scold someone; to pressure someone; to criticize someone.

   • My father got onto me for taking the car without asking.
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   1. 4

      To introduce someone to something.

      • My mum got me onto this new diet and I've lost 5 kilos in the past two weeks.
   2. 5

      To take a look at someone or something.

      • Hey, get onto the dog and cat playing together.
      • “Get onto the bloke with the face fringe.”
   3. 6

      To believe or suspect something

      To believe or suspect something; to understand or come to understand something; to realize something.

   4. 7

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically

      Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get, onto.

      • The child will get onto the merry-go-round.
      • That cat's on the house again. How does it get onto the roof?

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