Word.ws English Dictionary

setting onto

setting onto is the present participle and gerund of set onto.

Meaning of set onto

Verb

set onto (third-person singular simple present sets onto, present participle setting onto, simple past and past participle set onto)

  1. Synonym of set on (to attack or to encourage someone, or an animal, to attack someone)
    Synonyms:
    set on

Questions about setting onto

What is setting onto the present participle and gerund of?
Setting onto is the present participle and gerund of set onto.

Words near setting onto in the dictionary

  1. setting one's heart on
  2. setting one's shoulder to the wheel
  3. setting one's sights
  4. setting one's watch back
  5. setting one's watch by someone
  6. setting onto
  7. setting out
  8. setting out one's stall
  9. setting over
  10. setting pen to paper
  11. setting pole

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: setting onto (page history and authors); set onto (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.

Last updated:

Cite this entry: “setting onto.” Word.ws, https://word.ws/setting_onto. Based on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.