on to

See also: onto, ónto, ontó, öntő, onto-, and -onto

English

Alternative forms

• onto

Preposition

on to

1. Upon; on top of.

   My cat just jumped on to the keyboard.

2. (informal) Aware of.

   The thought-police were on to my plans of world domination.

   • 2022 January 12, Ross Douthat, “Let’s Not Invent a Civil War”, in The New York Times‎, →ISSN:

     Fortunately “the F.B.I. was on to them” and foiled the plot, but the alleged kidnapping conspiracy, Walter argues, is a harbinger of worse to come.

3. Used to indicate, or signpost, logical progression to a new topic in a talk or discourse.

   Now. On to the system of active water uptake.

   Let's go on to item 3 in the list.

References

• “on to”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

Anagrams

• Noto, Toon, noot, noto-, oont, tono-, toon