Verb: get onto
- Understand or realize, usually after some time or initial difficulty
"It took a while, but she finally got onto the concept";
- catch on [informal], get wise [informal], tumble [informal], latch on [informal], cotton on [informal], twig [Brit, informal], get it [informal], cop on [Brit, informal]
- Make contact with
"I'll get onto the supplier about the delayed shipment"
Derived forms: got onto, gets onto, getting onto
Type of: apprehend, compass, comprehend, dig [informal], get the picture [informal], grasp, grok [N. Amer, informal], savvy