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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Tom saw a shark rising below his father, before John realized what had happened.

— Adam England, PEOPLE, 31 July 2026
In time, the duo realized the same was true across the whole of the MEP engineering domain, which is full of time-consuming processes that are currently carried out manually, often using multiple different software products.

— David Prosser, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of realized

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So far this dry summer there have not discovered any major issues.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 Aug. 2026
As a result, our focus will be on forward guidance, end market commentary, and any new opportunities the team may have discovered since separation to enhance efficiencies.

— Zev Fima,Kevin Stankiewicz, CNBC, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of discovered

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Statum has heard horror-stories about predators lurking on Instagram or Snapchat.

— ABC News, ABC News, 8 Aug. 2026
Mojtaba Khamenei has not been seen or heard publicly since succeeding his father, former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, who was killed in an airstrike when the war began.

— Bloomberg, Fortune, 7 Aug. 2026

Definition of heard

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Soldiers in the Guard’s Counterdrug Program and members of the 10th Civil Support Team learned to use the system, built by Anduril, to spot and target drones.

— Zita Ballinger Fletcher, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
The federal government told ICE agents to preserve it in November and learned it had been lost in February.

— Julia Coin, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026

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