get onto

British  

verb

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

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Example Sentences

Then she, and Sam, and Mrs. Krupnik all got onto their hands and knees.

From Literature

Trapped renters want home prices to fall so they can finally get onto the property ladder.

From The Wall Street Journal

Trapped renters want home prices to fall so they can finally get onto the property ladder.

From The Wall Street Journal

“Usually it’s a cat, or sometimes we have cattle that get onto the highway.”

From Los Angeles Times

Elordi: You kind of know when you get onto that thing too.

From Los Angeles Times