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gets on to

gets on to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get on to.

Meaning of get on to

Verb

get on to (third-person singular simple present gets on to, present participle getting on to, simple past got on to, past participle (UK) got on to or (US) gotten on to)

  1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see get on, to.
  2. (UK) To contact (someone) in order to raise or discuss a certain matter.
    • That pipe is leaking again. I'll get on to the plumber in the morning.
  3. To progress to; to start working on.
    • I haven't got time to work on this report today; I'll get on to it tomorrow.

Questions about gets on to

What is gets on to the third-person singular simple present indicative of?
Gets on to is the third-person singular simple present indicative of get on to.

Words near gets on to in the dictionary

  1. gets on someone's tits
  2. gets on someone's wick
  3. gets on someone's wrong side
  4. gets on the end of
  5. gets on the stick
  6. gets on to
  7. gets on up
  8. gets on with
  9. gets one over on
  10. gets one up on
  11. gets one's

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gets on to (page history and authors); get on to (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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