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cop onto

cop onto verb: synonym of cop on (to come to understand; twig, cotton on).

Verb

cop onto (third-person singular simple present cops onto, present participle copping onto, simple past and past participle copped onto)

  1. Synonym of cop on (to come to understand; twig, cotton on)
    Synonyms:
    cop on

Synonyms of cop onto

Forms of cop onto

third-person singular presentcops onto
present participlecopping onto
past participlecopped onto
pastcopped onto

Questions about cop onto

What does cop onto mean?
Cop onto means synonym of cop on (to come to understand; twig, cotton on).
What part of speech is cop onto?
Cop onto is a verb.
What is the past tense of cop onto?
The past tense of cop onto is copped onto.

Words near cop onto in the dictionary

  1. cop off
  2. cop off with
  3. cop on
  4. cop one's whack
  5. cop oneself on
  6. cop onto
  7. cop out
  8. cop shop
  9. cop shops
  10. cop the bun
  11. cop the needle

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