on to

Wise to it

On to (two words) indicates movement toward and then upon a surface or position: She climbed on to the roof.

It also marks progression to a new stage or topic: Let's move on to the next question.

The two-word form emphasizes the sense of "onward" plus "to," distinguishing it from onto, which functions as a single preposition meaning "upon."

Related

move · catch · sussed · cottoned · wise up · get wise · discover · advance · conscious · clued · grasp · au courant · trail · proceed · wise · savvy · hold · informed

Opposites
direction/movement

on tooff of

Away from contact

away from · out of

progression/topic transition

on tostuck on

Fixated upon, romantically

hung up on

awareness/detection

on tonone the wiser

Still not knowing

Family

onto, ontology, ontological, ontologically

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Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Abstract · Everyday, not technical · Rated G