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gotten on to

gotten on to is the 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 gotten on to

What is gotten on to the past participle of?
Gotten on to is the past participle of get on to.

Words near gotten on to in the dictionary

  1. gotten on someone's last nerve
  2. gotten on someone's nerves
  3. gotten on someone's wrong side
  4. gotten on the end of
  5. gotten on the stick
  6. gotten on to
  7. gotten on up
  8. gotten on with
  9. gotten one over on
  10. gotten one up on
  11. gotten one's

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Adapted from Wiktionary: gotten 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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