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

got on (to)

verb

past tense of get on (to)

as in realized

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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The British manufacturer may have realized that the typical Tiger 1200 spends considerably more time eating up highway miles, tackling daily commutes and wandering along the occasional gravel track than navigating genuinely challenging terrain.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Nov. 2026
This country is a real trip, and most of us realized that before 2016.

— Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of realized

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Nearly 2 pounds of the meteorite was discovered in the Sahara in Mali in 2022, and most is now held by a museum in Maine.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 2 Nov. 2026
However, this remains a conceptual demonstration, not a system that has discovered an extraterrestrial transmission.

— Rupendra Brahambhatt, Interesting Engineering, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of discovered

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In recent months, our team has heard remarkably consistent requests from enterprises preparing to put voice AI agents on their customer-facing numbers.

— Satish Barot, Forbes.com, 6 Nov. 2026
According to The Times, the court heard that Bayles and another member of Brand’s entourage, Gareth Roy, said the comedian would only continue working if the complainant gave him a massage.

— K.J. Yossman, Variety, 6 Nov. 2026

Definition of heard

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Investigators learned that White was under state supervision and wearing a GPS monitoring device, and quickly located and arrested him at a restaurant in New Britain.

— Stephen Underwood, Hartford Courant, 7 Nov. 2026
Variety has learned that Harry Styles has had discussions about the part, and Theo James, 41, also hasn’t been ruled out.

— Angelique Jackson, Variety, 7 Nov. 2026

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“Got on (to).” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/got%20on%20%28to%29. Accessed 8 Nov. 2026.

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