单词 | to get on to |
释义 | > as lemmasto get on to —— to get on to —— 1. intransitive. To shift the subject of discussion to, to move in the course of conversation to. ΚΠ 1814 Cobbett's Weekly Polit. Reg. 23 Apr. 513 I wish to get on to a very important topic. 1837 Fraser's Mag. Nov. 648/1 Let's now get on to what Skelton calls his ‘Derelictions’. 1881 J. Fiske Let. 31 Jan. (1940) 454 From carwheel we got on to contraction and expansion, molecular motion, vortex-atoms, the nebular hypothesis, matter and spirit, and so on. 1923 Humorist 29 Sept. 228/3 He got on to what was probably his favourite theme. 1944 D. Cooper Diary 9 June (2005) 310 When I got on to the question of the francs. 2003 G. Joseph Big Smoke xxvi. 237 They hadn't got on to football talk yet, but Martine knew her stuff. 2. intransitive. To pick up the trail or scent of (an animal). Also: to pick up and follow (the trail of an animal). Now rare. ΚΠ 1837 New Sporting Mag. Feb. 111 Found in High-wood the fastest thing of the season... Got on to him at Beeches, and running hard through it, and on by Oxberry and Meesden, ran into him at Hormead. 1842 Sporting Rev. Mar. 203 They..got on to a good drag, and hunted him slowly, but beautifully, up to Madhams, where they got up to him. 1894 43rd & 52nd Light Infantry Chron. III. 238 After many attempts, this heat was started on a good boar. Kennard got on to him at once and ran him for some time, when Fanshawe got on to him. 1919 J. Masefield Reynard the Fox (1920) 143 The fox heard hounds get on to his line, And again the terror went down his spine. 1951 Irish Times 15 Feb. 2/7 He got on to another hare, which took him into the country. 1981 Winnipeg Free Press 13 Nov. 55/1 Whenever she got on to the scent of a sharptail, a rabbit would dash across her path to create problems. 1996 D. G. Schueler Handmade Wilderness xxv. 223 In the background, the stir of hounds or bird dogs snuffling in the thickets, wanting to get on to the next quarry. 3. intransitive. To get in touch or communication with (someone). ΘΚΠ society > communication > [verb (transitive)] > communicate with to get to ——1853 to get on to ——1879 reach1886 to get through1917 contact1927 1879 C. M. Greene & S. Thompson Sharps & Flats i. 26 Clever, duecid [sic] clever and just as strong as he is clever. Bully of the board... Get on to him. Get—get on to him. 1895 W. B. Yeats Let. 3 Mar. (1954) ii. 252 I am beginning to think of getting on at Roscommon to Douglas Hyde. I shall go from that to Dublin. 1939 J. Cannan They rang up Police 72 Very well. Get on to him, darling, will you? And then I'll speak myself—that would be more courteous. 1955 Times 30 June 9/5 Then later I read the body was to be exhumed. This thing got on my nerves, so I got on to the police. 1978 J. Sherwood Limericks of Lachasse xi. 133 Get on to that plant hire place..and get them to have an excavator up here..to dig up the car park. 2007 J. Armstrong et al. Thick of It: Scripts Special 2. 318 You, I want you to get on to the press, I want you to tell them I am..all over it. 4. intransitive. colloquial (originally U.S.). To grasp the meaning, truth or significance of; to understand; to detect or discover. ΘΚΠ the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [phrase] to know what's whatc1422 to know where to find a person1565 to see the light1812 to be awake to1813 to know a move or two1819 to get on to ——1880 to get the strength of1890 to be (or get) wise to1896 to get the picture1900 the penny dropped1939 to pick up1944 to get the message1959 to take on board1979 the mind > mental capacity > understanding > understand [verb (transitive)] > reach understanding of > words or meaning takec1175 understanda1225 intenda1400 conceive?1526 accept1587 construe1622 to catch a person's drift1821 comprehend1860 to get on to ——1880 read1956 1880 Daily Inter Ocean (Chicago) 2 June 6/3 The visitors taking kindly to Ward's curves, Dunlap and McCormick especially getting on to him in fine style. 1893 S. Crane Maggie xv. 130 Do yehs want people teh get onto me? 1904 N.Y. Sun 7 Aug. 28 Wise people are getting on to the fact that Eastwood is no ordinary real estate development. 1923 P. G. Wodehouse Inimitable Jeeves ix. 97 I knew there wasn't a chance of my being able to work this stage wheeze in London without somebody getting on to it and tipping off the guv'nor. 1930 J. B. Priestley Angel Pavement vi. 277 That was a bit of smart thinking on your part... There aren't many men about here who could have got on to it like that. 1940 E. Percy in Best One-act Plays 1940 70 It's very fortunate I got on to it in time. I'm sure I've saved Ann a great deal of unhappiness. 1998 A. Hollinghurst Spell (1999) xi. 147 He waited there for a moment or two, wondering impatiently how Martin had got on to him, what he hadn't noticed. 5. intransitive. colloquial. To scold or reprimand; to criticize. ΘΚΠ the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > disapproval > criticism > criticize [verb (transitive)] reprehendc1400 murmur1424 discommenda1500 belack1531 to find fault (with, at)c1540 scan?c1550 fault1563 pinch1567 to lift or move a lip1579 raign1581 reflect1605 criminate1645 criticize1652 nick1668 critic1697 chop1712 stricture1851 to get on to ——1895 chip1898 rap1899 nitpick1956 1895 Nottingham Daily Express 27 Aug. 8/1 If I go home I shall do it. My mother is always getting on to me. 1901 Testimony Select Comm. Hazing Mil. Acad. (U.S. House of Representatives 56th Congress, 2nd Sess.) 988 Mr. Burnett was getting onto Mr. Albert about something. I don't know whether it was about not bracing properly or a slovenly way in which he did the manual. 1962 ‘A. Burgess’ Wanting Seed iii. ix. 145 You stop getting on to me, boy. You keep them dirty words to yourself. 1994 C. Dexter Daughters of Cain xxx. 126 I don't get on to you, for what you like. 2009 R. Bautista in D. E. Davis et al. Voices from Nueva Frontera iii. 53 My dad..didn't like getting on to me for stuff I did bad. < as lemmas |
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