getting onto
Starting to understand
Getting onto combines motion toward a surface with arrival on it: She's getting onto the bus, The cat keeps getting onto the counter.
It extends to topics or tasks one is beginning to address: We're finally getting onto the main issue.
In British usage, getting onto someone means contacting them: I'll be getting onto the supplier tomorrow.
- startingInitiating an action
- jumping inEntering abruptly or eagerly
- enrollingFormally joining an organization
- progressingMoving toward completion
- steppingMoving on foot
stepping up · entering · breaking into · participating · climbing · advancing · mounting · contacting · initiating · transitioning · succeeding · joining · networking · achieving · boarding · hopping on · commencing · ascending
getting ontogetting off
Departing a conveyance
dismounting · exiting · stepping off · leaving · disembarking
getting ontogetting off
Departing a conveyance
dropping · leaving · avoiding · abandoning · sidestepping
getting ontopraising
Voicing admiration
leaving alone · backing off · letting be · laying off · commending
gets, gotten, getting, onto, begot, begotten, forget, forgot, forgotten