get onto verb6 •To contact a person or organisation about a particular matter.You should get onto the manufacturers and complain. •To connect, especially to the Internet or a network.With my new computer, I can get onto the Internet faster. •(informal) To introduce someone to something.My mum got me onto this new diet and I've lost 5 kilos in the past two weeks. •To scold someone; to pressure someone; to criticize someone.My father got onto me for taking the car without asking. •(informal, slang) To believe or suspect something; to understand or come to understand something; to realize something. •(informal) To take a look at someone or something.Hey, get onto the dog and cat playing together. formsgot onto · gotten onto · getting onto · gets onto