The police have finally got on to the man who was blackmailing the politician.
He tricked people for years until the police got onto him.
I complained to the shop about the faulty washing machine and they said they would get on to the manufacturers.
I’ll get on to her right away.
Англо-русский словарь идиом и фразовых глаголов. 2013.
get onto — verb understand, usually after some initial difficulty (Freq. 1) She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑catch on, ↑get wise, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑cotton on, ↑twig, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
get it — verb 1. understand, usually after some initial difficulty (Freq. 4) She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑catch on, ↑get wise, ↑get onto, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑cotto … Useful english dictionary
get wise — verb understand, usually after some initial difficulty She didn t know what her classmates were plotting but finally caught on • Syn: ↑catch on, ↑get onto, ↑tumble, ↑latch on, ↑cotton on, ↑twig, ↑get it … Useful english dictionary
get the picture — verb get the meaning of something (Freq. 1) Do you comprehend the meaning of this letter? • Syn: ↑grok, ↑comprehend, ↑savvy, ↑dig, ↑grasp, ↑compass, ↑apprehend … Useful english dictionary
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put — W1S1 [put] v past tense and past participle put present participle putting [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(move to place)¦ 2¦(change somebody s situation/feelings)¦ 3¦(write/print something)¦ 4¦(express)¦ 5 put a stop/an end to something 6 put something into… … Dictionary of contemporary English
pick — pick1 W1S1 [pık] v [T] ▬▬▬▬▬▬▬ 1¦(choose something)¦ 2¦(flowers/fruit etc)¦ 3¦(remove something)¦ 4 pick your way through/across/among etc something 5 pick your nose 6 pick your teeth 7 pick somebody s brains 8 pick a quarrel/fight (with… … Dictionary of contemporary English
latch on — verb 1. take hold of or attach to The biochip latches onto the genes • Hypernyms: ↑grasp, ↑hold on • Verb Frames: Somebody s something Something s something 2. adopt … Useful english dictionary
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make out — verb 1. detect with the senses (Freq. 8) The fleeing convicts were picked out of the darkness by the watchful prison guards I can t make out the faces in this photograph • Syn: ↑spot, ↑recognize, ↑recognise, ↑distinguish, ↑ … Useful english dictionary
