GET ON (TO) Synonyms: 47 Similar and Opposite Words

get on (to)

verb

Definition of get on (to)

as in to realize

to come to an awareness of by the time the CIA got on to the terrorist plot, it was already in progress

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Smith only realized the error four months ago, when the album campaign was shot and everything was in motion.

— Lars Brandle, Billboard, 7 Oct. 2026
In a world fractured by power, fear and political extremism, a group of women uncovers a demonic force operating at the highest level of society-and realizes the chaos around them may be part of a much darker design.

— Annika Pham, Variety, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of realize

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The discovery is the latest instance of CDE leadership telling employees bedbugs are not in the building, only for more to be discovered at a later date and igniting doubt among CDE’s workforce on whether treatment is effective.

— Corey Schmidt, Sacbee.com, 3 Oct. 2026
The problem Zhou discovered when MadaData collapsed has not gone away.

— Nicholas Gordon, Fortune, 2 Oct. 2026

Definition of discover

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But the argument for Oura’s valuation depends on whether or not investors are seeing it as a single-product hardware maker or something bigger and more expansion potential.

— Morgan Chittum, Fortune, 6 Oct. 2026
Audiences unaware that Altman is gay might pick up on subtle hints in Garfield’s performance, before Musk jokes about it during a dinner scene or a boyfriend is finally seen well into the film.

— David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 6 Oct. 2026

Definition of see

Verb

My colleague Morgan Chittum, who just joined Fortune and who Term Sheet readers will be hearing a lot more from soon, dug into this question in a recent piece.

— Allie Garfinkle, Fortune, 7 Oct. 2026
In a complex case that took years to get to trial, jurors heard weeks of testimony from children who had lived with their parents at the compound, other family members, firearms experts, doctors and forensic technicians.

— ABC News, ABC News, 7 Oct. 2026

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