onto something

idiom

: having done or discovered something important, special, etc.
When the crowd responded to the show so positively, we realized we were onto something.

Examples of onto something in a Sentence

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“Onto something.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onto%20something. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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