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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Having spent much of the last two years celebrating the old — with the Fumbling Towards Ecstasy 30th Anniversary Tour — Sarah McLachlan is now onto something new.
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
There’s no way to automate expression onto something so anatomically distinct, and every bit of Dek’s expression was keyframed off of Schuster-Koloamatangi’s performance, which both Stopsack and Rapley cited as being physically rich and inspiring.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2025
Back then, Johnson wanted to move onto something new and came to be consumed by a world of his own creation.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
Based on these specs, Jeep might just be onto something.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 18 Nov. 2025
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Jim Harrington, Mercury News, 29 Nov. 2025
There’s no way to automate expression onto something so anatomically distinct, and every bit of Dek’s expression was keyframed off of Schuster-Koloamatangi’s performance, which both Stopsack and Rapley cited as being physically rich and inspiring.
—Sarah Shachat, IndieWire, 21 Nov. 2025
Back then, Johnson wanted to move onto something new and came to be consumed by a world of his own creation.
—David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
Based on these specs, Jeep might just be onto something.
—Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 18 Nov. 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 9 Dec. 2025.
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