onto something

phrase

: 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

Recent Examples on the Web

Hopefully Xbox is onto something here with its PC backward compatibility program. — Mitch Wallace, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026

But if the numbers hold up, Orange County may have stumbled onto something much bigger than baseball. — Mike Bianchi, The Orlando Sentinel, 16 July 2026

Because that was the trend this week, and next week the same unoriginal dopes will be onto something else. — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026

Dig into the French Quarter, eat your way through the neighborhoods, catch live jazz — and leave time to stumble onto something unexpected. — Lauren Schuster, Charlotte Observer, 8 Apr. 2026