onto

Related to onto: hang onto

*onto someone

seeing through someone's deception. (*Typically: be ~; get ~; catch ~.) By the time we got on to the con artists, they were out of town. The sheriff got onto Jed, and Jed wanted to get out of town fast.

*onto something

 
1. Fig. alerted to or aware of a deceitful plan. (*Typically: be ~; catch ~.) The cops are onto your little game here. Fig. having found something useful or promising; on the verge of discovering something. (*Typically: be ~; get ~.) I think we are really onto something this time. lam onto a new discovery.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See:
  • append (something) (on)to
  • back onto
  • back onto (something)
  • be on to (someone or something)
  • be on to a good thing
  • be onto
  • be onto a good thing
  • be onto a winner
  • be onto somebody
  • be onto something
  • build onto (something)
  • build out onto
  • build out onto (something)
  • burst onto the scene
  • cabbage onto (someone or something)
  • carry (something) onto (something)
  • carry onto
  • catch onto
  • catch onto (something)
  • clamber onto
  • clamber onto (something)
  • clamp (something) on(to) (something)
  • clap (something) on(to) (something)
  • climb on(to) (someone or something)
  • clip on(to) (someone or something)
  • come on to (one)
  • come on to (something)
  • cop onto
  • cop onto (something)
  • cop onto something
  • cotton (on)to (someone or something)
  • cotton onto
  • couple (something) (on) to (something)
  • crack onto (someone or something)
  • dab (something) onto (something)
  • daub (something) on(to) (something)
  • emblazon (something) on(to) (something)
  • engrave (something) onto (something)
  • face on(to) (something)
  • fall on(to) (someone or something)
  • flop down on(to) (something)
  • freeze (on)to (something)
  • front onto
  • front onto (something)
  • get onto
  • get onto the phone
  • glom onto (someone or something)
  • glue on(to) (something)
  • go on to (something)
  • grab on to (someone or something)
  • graft (something) onto (something)
  • hammer (something) onto (something)
  • hammer onto
  • hang on to your hat
  • hang onto (someone or something)
  • hold on to your hat
  • hold onto
  • hook (something) onto (someone or something)
  • hop on(to something)
  • imprint (something) on(to) (someone or something)
  • inscribe on(to) (something)
  • latch onto
  • latch onto (someone or something)
  • load onto
  • lock onto
  • lock onto (someone or something)
  • look (out) onto (something)
  • nail (something) onto (something else)
  • nail onto
  • on the defensive
  • on to a good thing
  • on/onto the defensive
  • onto
  • onto a good thing
  • onto someone/something
  • onto the defensive
  • open out on(to) something
  • paint (something) onto (something)
  • paint onto
  • pile on(to)
  • pin (something) up onto (something)
  • plaster (something) onto (something)
  • plaster onto
  • pop (something) onto (something)
  • pour out onto (someone or something)
  • pour salt on(to) the/(one's) wound(s)
  • predicate (something) on (something else)
  • press (something) onto (something else)
  • press onto
  • project onto
  • project onto (someone or something)
  • put onto
  • put onto (someone or something)
  • rivet (something) onto (something)
  • roll onto
  • roll onto (someone or something)
  • run onto
  • run onto (something)
  • seize on(to) (something)
  • seize onto
  • set (someone or something) down on(to) (something)
  • slam (someone or something) down on(to) (something)
  • slap onto
  • slop onto
  • slosh on(to) (someone or something)
  • smack (something) down on(to) (something)
  • smear (something) on(to) (something)
  • smooth (something) onto (someone or something)
  • smooth onto
  • snap onto (something)
  • spill over on(to) (someone or something)
  • spit onto (someone or something)
  • splash onto (someone or something)
  • spray (something) onto (someone or something)
  • spray onto
  • spread onto
  • spread onto (something or some place)
  • sprinkle onto (someone or something)
  • stamp (something) onto (someone or something)
  • stamp onto
  • stitch (something) onto (something else)
  • stitch onto
  • strap (someone or something) onto (someone or something)
  • stray onto
  • stray onto (some place)
  • stumble onto (something)
  • suffix (something) onto (something else)
  • suffix onto
  • superimpose (someone or something) on(to) (someone or something
  • tack (something) onto (something else)
  • tack onto
  • throw on
  • tie (someone or something) onto (someone or something)
  • tie (something) on(to) (someone or something)
  • tie onto
  • tighten (something) onto (something else)
  • turn (one) on to (something)
  • turn onto
  • turn onto (someone or something)
  • turn onto someone/something
  • unload onto (someone or something)
  • wind (something) onto (something)
  • wind onto
  • you'll get onto it
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Stick it to 'em