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get one's fingers onto

get one's fingers onto verb: to physically reach, grasp, or make contact with something.

Verb

get one's fingers onto (third-person singular simple present gets one's fingers onto, present participle getting one's fingers onto, simple past got one's fingers onto, past participle (US) gotten one's fingers onto or (UK) got one's fingers onto)

  1. (idiomatic, slang) To physically reach, grasp, or make contact with something.
  2. (idiomatic, slang) To finally obtain possession of something desirable.

Forms of get one's fingers onto

third-person singular presentgets one's fingers onto
present participlegetting one's fingers onto
pastgot one's fingers onto
past participle USgotten one's fingers onto
past participle UKgot one's fingers onto
alternative formget one's fingers into

Questions about get one's fingers onto

What does get one's fingers onto mean?
Get one's fingers onto means to physically reach, grasp, or make contact with something.
What part of speech is get one's fingers onto?
Get one's fingers onto is a verb.
What is the past tense of get one's fingers onto?
The past tense of get one's fingers onto is got one's fingers onto.

Words near get one's fingers onto in the dictionary

  1. get one's feet wet
  2. get one's fill
  3. get one's finger out
  4. get one's fingers burnt
  5. get one's fingers into
  6. get one's fingers onto
  7. get one's foot in the door
  8. get one's freak on
  9. get one's fuck on
  10. get one's groove on
  11. get one's hand in

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