turn onto (someone or something)
turn onto (someone or something)
To become especially interested in or enamored of someone or something. I really turned onto postmodern literature when I was in college. Sarah has turned onto real bad boys lately, dudes with motorcycles and gnarly tattoos.
See also: turn
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.
turn onto something
1. Lit. to walk or steer one's vehicle onto a road, highway, or path. Turn onto the main road and go west about a mile. As she turned onto the familiar highway, she realized that she had left her purse in the store.
2. turn onto someone or something Inf. Fig. to become interested in someone or something. Jeff turned onto electronics at the age of fourteen. I tried to get her to turn onto me, but she could only think of John.
See also: turn
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
turn onto someone/something
in. to become interested in someone or something. I tried to get her to turn onto me, but she could only think of John.
See also: someone, something, turn
McGraw-Hill's Dictionary of American Slang and Colloquial Expressions
- turn onto
- turn onto someone/something
- (it's) just as well (that) (something happened)
- it's as well
- someone's back is turned
- (one's) back is turned
- a hold on (someone)
- turn against
- turn against (someone or something)
- turn the tables on (one)