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.

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At least now, Wendell believes that Lee is onto something nefarious. Amanda Whiting, Vulture, 15 Oct. 2025 But this may be the first tech revolution that doesn’t vaporize the dinosaurs, the way mobile killed Nokia and threatened Microsoft, but grafts their DNA onto something new. Liz Hoffman, semafor.com, 14 Oct. 2025 Who knows, maybe Kardashian is onto something with this line of faux-fur string thongs? Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2025 This whole fictional world vibrates on Robinson’s bizarre frequency, which means Ron may just be onto something. Alison Herman, Variety, 9 Oct. 2025 See All Example Sentences for onto something

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“Onto something.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/onto%20something. Accessed 20 Oct. 2025.

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