Get Onto (Verb)
Meaning
Understand, usually after some initial difficulty; "She didn't know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on".
Classification
Verbs of thinking, judging, analyzing, doubting.
Examples
- She at first found the math problem confusing, but after 10 minutes, she got onto how to solve it.
- He was initially lost in the plot of the movie, but he was able to get onto what was happening by the end of the first hour.
- It took her a few minutes, but she eventually got onto how to set up the new printer and was printing documents with ease.
- I didn't get onto the concept of cryptocurrency right away, but after hours of research, I finally understood the basics.
- The student didn't grasp the concept of quantum physics at first, but after working through some problems, she got onto the underlying principles.