VERB
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understand, usually after some initial difficulty
She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on
How To Use get onto In A Sentence
- Those buyers not up to speed might find they are left behind in the scramble to get onto the property ladder. Times, Sunday Times
- If Khan was actually up to something, there was no way the ingrown CIA was ever going to get onto it before it happened---whatever" it "was. FALLOUT
- The crowd managed to break through the barriers and get onto the pitch.
- Like many young people, they struggled to get onto the property ladder. Times, Sunday Times
- I'll get onto the director and see if he can help.
- When I wouldn't budge, the eejit in the high-performance car, decided to drive along the grass verge to get past me, such was his rush to get onto the carriageway.
- The crowd managed to break through the barriers and get onto the pitch.
- Keep a clean cloth handy to wipe off any drips or overspray that may get onto the tracks.
- A makeover isn't just something that happens to the lucky few that get onto TV and have the pick of London's best make-up artists, hairdressers and stylists.
- The crowd managed to break through the barriers and get onto the pitch.
