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

That’s the one they’ll all walk in uniform to get onto the court.

From Los Angeles Times • May 13, 2026

Once you get onto the platform, you’re going to be designed into that auto for a number of years.

From Barron's • May 7, 2026

For many, having the government on their side helps when they are at loggerheads with pre-teens desperate to get onto social media.

From BBC • Mar. 30, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 20, 2026

“Poor dear—no wonder he was alone, I wondered. He was ever so polite when he asked how to get onto the platform.”

From "Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone" by J.K. Rowling