get onto
get
ˈgɛt
get
on
ɑ:n
aan
to
tƊ
too
/ɡɛt ˈɒntʊ/

āχāĻ‚āϰ⧇āϜāĻŋāϤ⧇ "get onto"āĻāϰ āϏāĻ‚āĻœā§āĻžāĻž āĻ“ āĻ…āĻ°ā§āĻĨ

to get onto
[phrase form: get]
01

āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇, āĻ—ā§āϰāĻžāĻšā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to comprehend something, typically after initial difficulty
to get onto definition and meaning
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It took me a while, but I eventually got onto how the new software works.
āĻāϤ⧇ āφāĻŽāĻžāϰ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁āϟāĻž āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞ⧇āϗ⧇āϛ⧇, āĻ•āĻŋāĻ¨ā§āϤ⧁ āĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒāĻ°ā§āϝāĻ¨ā§āϤ āφāĻŽāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰāϟāĻŋ āϕ⧀āĻ­āĻžāĻŦ⧇ āĻ•āĻžāϜ āĻ•āϰ⧇ āϤāĻž āĻŦ⧁āĻāϤ⧇ āĻĒ⧇āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāĨ¤
02

āϚāϞ⧇ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž, āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻž āĻļ⧁āϰ⧁ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to shift the focus of a conversation or discussion to a different subject
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can we please get onto the agenda for today's discussion?
āφāĻŽāϰāĻž āĻ•āĻŋ āĻĻāϝāĻŧāĻž āĻ•āϰ⧇ āφāϜāϕ⧇āϰ āφāϞ⧋āϚāύāĻžāϰ āĻāĻœā§‡āĻ¨ā§āĻĄāĻžāϝāĻŧ āϚāϞ⧇ āϝ⧇āϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰāĻŋ?
03

āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāĻž, āύāĻŋāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻžāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻšāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻž

to become a member of a group or organization through election or admission
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
She worked hard to get onto the student council at her school.
āϤāĻŋāύāĻŋ āϤāĻžāϰ āĻ¸ā§āϕ⧁āϞ⧇āϰ āĻ›āĻžāĻ¤ā§āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāώāĻĻ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻĻāĻžāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻ ā§‹āϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻļā§āϰāĻŽ āĻ•āϰ⧇āĻ›āĻŋāϞ⧇āύāĨ¤
04

āωāĻĒāϰ⧇ āĻ“āĻ āĻž, āφāϰ⧋āĻšāĻŖ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to step or climb onto an object or surface, typically one that can support one's weight
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you help me get onto the chair to change the lightbulb?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻŦāĻžāĻ˛ā§āĻŦ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻŦāĻ°ā§āϤāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻšā§‡āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ⧇ āωāĻ āϤ⧇ āϏāĻžāĻšāĻžāĻ¯ā§āϝ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
05

āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāĻž, āϏāĻ‚āĻ¸ā§āĻĒāĻ°ā§āĻļ⧇ āφāϏāĻž

to initiate contact with a person or organization for the purpose of discussing a specific matter or concern
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Can you get onto the IT team to report the technical problem with the software?
āφāĻĒāύāĻŋ āĻ•āĻŋ āϏāĻĢā§āϟāĻ“āϝāĻŧā§āϝāĻžāϰ⧇āϰ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāĻ—āϤ āϏāĻŽāĻ¸ā§āϝāĻž āϰāĻŋāĻĒā§‹āĻ°ā§āϟ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āφāχāϟāĻŋ āϟāĻŋāĻŽā§‡āϰ āϏāĻžāĻĨ⧇ āϝ⧋āĻ—āĻžāϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻĒāĻžāϰ⧇āύ?
06

āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤ āĻšā§‹āύ, āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻ•ā§āϏ⧇āϏ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ

to establish a connection, particularly to the Internet or a network
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
It took a while to get onto the high-speed internet after moving to a new place.
āĻāĻ•āϟāĻŋ āύāϤ⧁āύ āϜāĻžāϝāĻŧāĻ—āĻžāϝāĻŧ āϝāĻžāĻ“āϝāĻŧāĻžāϰ āĻĒāϰ āωāĻšā§āϚ āĻ—āϤāĻŋāϰ āχāĻ¨ā§āϟāĻžāϰāύ⧇āĻŸā§‡ āϏāĻ‚āϝ⧋āĻ— āĻ¸ā§āĻĨāĻžāĻĒāύ āĻ•āϰāϤ⧇ āĻ•āĻŋāϛ⧁ āϏāĻŽāϝāĻŧ āϞ⧇āϗ⧇āϛ⧇āĨ¤
07

āĻĄāĻžāρāϟāĻž, āϤāĻŋāϰāĻ¸ā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to scold someone for their behavior or actions
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Parents often get onto their kids for not cleaning their rooms.
āĻĒāĻŋāϤāĻžāĻŽāĻžāϤāĻžāϰāĻž āĻĒā§āϰāĻžāϝāĻŧāχ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϏāĻ¨ā§āϤāĻžāύāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϤāĻžāĻĻ⧇āϰ āϘāϰ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāĻˇā§āĻ•āĻžāϰ āύāĻž āĻ•āϰāĻžāϰ āϜāĻ¨ā§āϝ āĻŦāĻ•āĻž āĻĻ⧇āύāĨ¤
08

āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻ⧇āĻ¤ā§āϤāϝāĻŧāĻž, āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāĻŋāϤ āĻ•āϰāĻž

to introduce someone to a new topic, activity, or subject
āωāĻĻāĻžāĻšāϰāĻŖ
Let me get you onto the latest technology trends with this new gadget.
āφāĻŽāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻāχ āύāϤ⧁āύ āĻ—ā§āϝāĻžāĻœā§‡āϟ āĻĻāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āϏāĻ°ā§āĻŦāĻļ⧇āώ āĻĒā§āϰāϝ⧁āĻ•ā§āϤāĻŋāϰ āĻĒā§āϰāĻŦāĻŖāϤāĻžāϝāĻŧ āφāĻĒāύāĻžāϕ⧇ āĻĒāϰāĻŋāϚāϝāĻŧ āĻ•āϰāĻŋāϝāĻŧ⧇ āĻĻāĻŋāύāĨ¤
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āĻ…ā§āϝāĻžāĻĒ āĻĄāĻžāωāύāϞ⧋āĻĄ āĻ•āϰ⧁āύ