put onto
B1 informal separable transitive
In simple words
To tell someone about something good or to connect them with the right person.
Meanings
1 B1
idiomatic
informal
To tell someone about something useful, helpful, or interesting.
"It was my colleague who put me onto this podcast — it's brilliant."
Grammar: separable
2 B1 neutral
To connect someone with another person who can help, often by phone.
"Hold on — I'll put you onto our customer service team."
Grammar: separable
3 B2
idiomatic
neutral
To make someone aware of a suspected person, place, or lead during an investigation.
"An anonymous call put the police onto the suspect."
Grammar: separable
Usage notes
Common in everyday British and American English. Always takes a person and then a thing or another person: 'She put me onto a great doctor.' Also used to mean connecting someone by phone.
Commonly used with
doctor supplier contact idea trick job
Forms
Base
put onto
I/you/we/they
3rd person
puts onto
he/she/it
Past simple
put onto
yesterday
Past participle
put onto
have + pp
-ing form
putting onto
continuous
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