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got on to

got on to is the simple past and past participle 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 got on to

What is got on to the simple past and past participle of?
Got on to is the simple past and past participle of get on to.

Words near got on to in the dictionary

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

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Adapted from Wiktionary: got 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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