ON TO

Definition: ON TO

ON TO

1. Upon; on; to; -- sometimes written as one word, onto, and usually called a colloquialism; but it may be regarded in analogy with into. They have added the -en plural form on to an elder plural. --Earle. We see the strength of the new movement in the new class of ecclesiastics whom it forced on to the stage. --J. R. Green.

Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913)
 

Crosswords: ON TO

He was on to something (A Beautiful Mind; writing credit: Akiva Goldsman)

Low overhead, my boy - we pass the savings on to you (Being John Malkovich; writing credit: Charlie Kaufman)

All of Buddy's assistants have gone on to bigger and better things (Swimming With Sharks; writing credit: George Huang)

You ruined a man's life's work and you think you can walk away? You got blinders on to the world (Speed; writing credit: Graham Yost)

You'd better get rid of that gun, unless you haven't got the guts, and if you don't, you'd better hang on to it (On the Waterfront; writing credit: Malcolm Johnson; Budd Schulberg)

Hold on to the memories (Hold On to the Nights; performing artist: Richard Marx)

I recommend getting your heart trampled on to anyone (You Learn; performing artist: Alanis Morissette)

Holding on to be the one I am (We Live; performing artist: Bosson)

You might need something to hold on to (HUMAN TOUCH; performing artist: Bruce Springsteen)

I am trying to hold on to you (Emotional; performing artist: Carl Thomas)

Holding on to a hurt creates more hurt. (references; author: unknown)

Faith is not faith until it's all you're holding on to. (references; author: unknown)

Turn on to Love (1969)

On to Tokyo (1945)

Hermann Hear On to Howling (1989)

Trying to Hold On to My Woman (performing artist: Lamon Dozier)

Hold On To The Night (performing artist: Richard Marx)

I'm Holdin' On To Love (To Save My Life) (performing artist: Shania Twain)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Books

• On to Mars: Colonizing a New World (Apogee Books Space Series) (reference)

• Pressing on to the Prize with CD (Audio) (reference)

• On to Atlanta: The Civil War Diaries of John Hill Ferguson, Illinois Tenth Regiment of Volunteers (reference)

• Bundle: Arnold/Gosling Java Prog Lang (63455) and Winston on to Java (reference)

• Sickle disease research : an update : hearing before the Committee on Labor and Human Resources, United States Senate, One Hundred Third Congress, second session, on to award a grant to the Louisiana Department of Health and Hospitals to establish and con (reference)

  (more book examples)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

The Schizont stage of the life cycle precedes the formation of merozoites, which will be released to go on to infect more red blood cells. This erythrocyte contains a young immature schizont with underdeveloped merozoites. Credit: CDC.

Freddie L. Jeffries First African-American C&GS officer Went on to become Rear Admiral. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

Don Jones On the OCEANOGRAPHER Went on to become Rear Admiral. Credit: Coast & Geodetic Survey Historical Image Collection.

The net is now on board and the operation of collecting the fish has begun. The large basket in the upper left is dipped repeatedly into the water to bring the fish on to the boat. Credit: Fisheries.

A composite of TIROS III pictures. The main cloud mass located near 12 N, 43 W later developed into Hurricane Anna. The picture projects down on to the map. The dashed lines correlate photography with the cloud interpretation on the map. Credit: NOAA in Space.

U.S. Air Force Academy Falcons' fullback Nate Beard evades Fresno State Bulldogs' Bryce McGill for a seven yard gain during this play in the first quarter of the Silicon Valley Football Classic Dec. 30. The Falcons went on to win the game 37-34. (Air Forc.

[Frank Shifflett printing from microfilm on to paper]. Credit: National Library of Medicine.

Members of the carrier's V-2 Division rigging arresting gear on the flight deck, circa 1962. The caption released with this photo on 24 July 1962 reads: "Speeding toward a record-breaker, V-2 divisionmen aboard the USS Lake Champlain show what it takes to come out on top in barrier rigging. The 'Champ' crew recently broke the Atlantic Fleet record for setting the Davis (S2F) barrier with a time of 59 seconds flat. Having gained momentum, they went on to rig the conventional (AD) barrier in a pace-setting 53 seconds. When the men slowed down enough to look in the record books, they quickly found out that the record they had broken was their own, set in July of '61.". Credit: NAVY.

One of two specially-marked Mitsubishi G4M-1 ("Betty") aircraft lands at an airfield on Ie Shima, Ryukyu Islands, 19 August 1945. The plane brought a Japanese delegation who were flown on to Manila in a USAAF C-54 transport to receive instructions concerning the surrender and occupation. The plane in the foreground, providing shade for onlookers, is a C-54. The guard in the right center foreground carries an M-1 carbine. Credit: NAVY.

On to the charge! Inscribed to the memory of Major Ringgold . . . . Credit: Library of Congress.

Source: pictures compiled by the editor from various references; see picture credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Thus, whether a family by degrees grew up into a common-wealth, and the fatherly authority being continued on to the elder son, every one in his turn growing up under it, tacitly submitted to it, and the easiness and equality of it not offending any one, every one acquiesced, till time seemed to have confirmed it, and settled a right of succession by prescription: or whether several families, or the descendants of several families, whom chance, neighbourhood, or business brought together, uniting into society, the need of a general, whose conduct might defend them against their enemies in war, and the great confidence the innocence and sincerity of that poor but virtuous age, (such as are almost all those which begin governments, that ever come to last in the world) gave men one of another, made the first beginners of commonwealths generally put the rule into one man's hand, without any other express limitation or restraint, but what the nature of the thing, and the end of government required: which ever of those it was that at first put the rule into the hands of a single person, certain it is no body was intrusted with it but for the public good and safety, and to those ends, in the infancies of commonwealths, those who had it commonly used it. (Second Treatise of Government)

In case of any difference of opinion, the League of Nations will be called on to decide. (reference)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

And he went on to enumerate the plans for the day.

I'd love to stay and help you save the Galaxy, insisted Zaphod, rising himself up on to his shoulders, "but I have the mother and father of a pair of headaches, and I feel a lot of little headaches coming on."

That they may lose nothing of the sight, they scale walls, hang on to balconies, climb trees, swing to gratings, crouch into chimneys

In the dark night, across the bleak wilderness guide us on to our Lord Jesus, guide us home

Be a good idear if all you fellas moved on to Tulare

I was going on to more particulars, when my master commanded me silence

The woods ring again, and yet no fox bursts forth on to the open level of the pond, nor following pack pursuing their Actaeon

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Health

Once such change occurs, it can be passed on to children. (references)

Many go on to have different types of seizures in later childhood. (references)

Part II moves on to advanced research dedicated to Fuchs' dystrophy. (references)

Business

Customers can log on to globogift. (references)

This tax is in later distribution stages passed on to the consumer as a value-added tax (VAT). (references)

The cost of the insurance and the financing can often be passed on to the customer as a higher product price. (references)

Children

Turkey

Some children continued on to high school, for which they generally must travel or live away from home. (references)

Croatia

An estimated 10 percent of Croatian Romani children begin primary school, and of these only 10 percent go on to secondary school. (references)

Macedonia

At both the primary and secondary levels, girls in some ethnic-Albanian communities remained underrepresented in schools, and only approximately half of ethnic minority students go on to high school. (references)

Civil Liberties

Lebanon

Under the new law, Palestinians no longer may purchase property and those who own property will be prohibited from passing it on to their children. (references)

Korea

A religious studies program also was established at Kim Il Sung University in 1989; its graduates usually go on to work in the foreign trade sector. (references)

Cote d'Ivoire

Following a request by the Union of University Teachers and Researchers (SYNARES), the Minister of Higher Education sent the security forces to monitor the campuses; on April 6, SYNARES initiated a strike on to protest the climate of insecurity on campuses. (references)

Economic History

Serbia and Montenegro

Tito went on to control Yugoslavia for 35 years. (references)

St. Vincent and the Grenadines

The NDP held on to the remaining parliamentary seats, shutting out the PPM altogether. (references)

Croatia

As part of its Stability Pact membership, Croatia has signed on to the Investment Compact. (references)

Human Rights

Korea

The report went on to describe the camps as having no electricity or heating facilities. (references)

Nicaragua

When mediation was not successful, the cases were moved on to arbitration or were returned to district courts for expedited trials. (references)

Lebanon

Amnesty International went on to report that when police, prosecutors, or judges are notified of violations, they fail to take sufficient actions against those responsible. (references)

Political Economy

Ireland

The Greens went on to win two Dail seats in 1997. The Green Party's strong performance owes to an issue-oriented campaign in a policy area (the environment), which is of growing importance to the Irish electorate. (references)

CHILE

World prices for copper, which continues to represent approximately 40 percent of Chile's exports, have declined by 28 percent since late 2000. The value of the peso has also declined by over 25 percent in the same time period, but slack domestic demand has so far prevented businesses from passing price hikes on to consumers. (references)

RUSSIA

The law goes on to state, however, that Federal law may provide for a number of exceptions, including where necessary for "the protection of the constitution, public morals and health, and the rights and lawful interest of other persons and the defense of the state." The potential large number of exceptions thus gives considerable discretion to the Russian government. (references)

Trade

Argentina

For more information and to get on their mailing list, log on to www.exim.gov to fill out an information form. (references)

Ireland

At each stage of the manufacturing and distribution chain, the seller adds the appropriate amount of VAT (tax on the amount of value that the seller added to the product, plus the amount of VAT passed on to the seller by the supplier) to the sales price. (references)

Travel

Egypt

One line is now running from al-Marg in the north through the center of the city to Maadi and on to Helwan. (references)

Women

Mexico

On July 21, the press reported that in 6 months, the Federal District's Attorney General's Center for Attention to Intrafamily Violence had given 13,822 victims medical, psychological, and legal assistance; however, only 16 of the cases went on to be prosecuted. (references)

Worker Rights

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Some of the women trafficked into Bosnia were trafficked on to Italy, Germany, and other Western European countries for prostitution. (references)

Brazil

Internationally, women and children are trafficked from the North of the country into Suriname, and sometimes from there on to Europe. (references)

Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references.

Expressions using "ON TO": back on to ♦ be on to ♦ be on to smb. ♦ catch on to ♦ cling on to smth. ♦ come on to ♦ cotton on to ♦ drive smb. on to do smth. ♦ everything turns on to day's race ♦ freeze on to ♦ front on to ♦ get on to ♦ get on to smb. ♦ give on to ♦ hang on to ♦ hang on to smth. ♦ hold on to ♦ hold on to a hope ♦ it grows on to you ♦ latch on to ♦ link on to ♦ look on to ♦ look out on to ♦ move on to pastures new ♦ open on to ♦ pass on to ♦ piece on to ♦ pin ones faith on to ♦ put a person on to a job ♦ put on to ♦ put smb. on to smth. ♦ set the dog on to smb. ♦ shrink on a piece on to another ♦ step on to land ♦ tag smth. on to an article ♦ to draw one on to ♦ to or on to ♦ urge smb. on to do smth.. Additional references.

Albanian

mësoj (acquire, attune, be educated, coach, condition, digest, educate, enure, find, find out, get on to, get wind of, hear, illuminate, induct, instruct, inure, learn, school, study, teach, train), komunikoj me (get on to), kapem (cling, fasten, hitch, hold on, hold on to, tussle). (various references)

Arabic 

‏كشف مؤامرة (get on to), ‏أمسك بقوة (hold on to), ‏رفض التخلى عن (hang on to smth.), ‏راهن بأحد على شئ ما (put smb. on to smth.). (various references)

Bulgarian 

свързвам се (band, connect, get on to, get through, piece on), ругая (abuse, be down on, call names, curse, cuss, damn, drub, get on to smb., inveigh, keelhaul, land on, rail, rate, revile, row, slang, slate, storm at, swear, swear at, vituperate, walk into, whip). (various references)

Chinese 

轉交 (pass on to somebody else; carry and give to somebody else), 爰 (therefore, to lead on to), 接 (after that, continue, then, to carry on, to follow, went on to), 抱粗腿 (latch on to the rich and powerful), �' (climb, cling to, crawl, dig up, hold on to, pull, push aside, rake, snatch, to strip), 幫閑 (etc, hang on to and serve the rich and powerful by literary hack work), 傳遞 (transmit on; pass on to someone else). (various references)

Czech

odhalit (be on to smb., bring out, detect, disclose, expose, find out, reveal, show smb. up, show up, spy out, unbosom, uncloak, uncover, unearth, unfold, unlock, unmask, unveil), vést na (open on to), ponechat si (hang on to, retain), pochopit (comprehend, cotton on to, fathom, figure out, figure to oneself, get the message, grasp, perceive, realize, take in, understand), nevzdávat se nadìje (hold on to a hope), èlovìk si na to zvykne (it grows on to you). (various references)

Danish

naar man under en efterforskningsboring stoeder paa olie,testes boringen normalt,hvorefter den klargoeres og midlertidigt lukkes,og boreenheden flyttes til et nyt borested (ordinarily, when oil is struck in exploratory drilling the well is tested and capped and the rig moves on to another drilling site), maskine til paalimning af omslag paa billigboeger (machine for glueing paper covers on to cheap books), maskine til oprulning af vævede varer eller strikvarer på perforerede bomme til farvning (machine for winding woven or knitted fabrics on to perforated beams for dyeing), maskine til belaegning af plader med lysfoelsomme emulsioner (machine for caoting photo-sensitive emulsions on to a backing), krympe (shrink on a piece on to another, shrink-fit, to contract, to shrink, to shrink on), kokskagen bliver trykket ud af ovnen med koksudstoedningsmaskinen og derefter styrtet ud paa en slukningsrampe eller bragt til slukningstaarnet (the coke cake is removed from the oven by means of a pusher and falls on to a quenching wharf or is taken to a quenching tower(U.K.)), ioniseret stof fastfrosset til feltlinierne (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), forlaengerstykket bliver trykket ned paa koblingen, som er svejset paa den oevre del af den indre cylinder og derefter fastgjort med tre stifter (the extension is pushed on to the head sleeve welded to the upper internal prop and fastened with three slotted pins), apparat til udsproejtning af bonemidler (appliance for spraying polish on to floors), afgiften overvæltet på køberen (charge passed on to the purchaser). (various references)

Dutch

overladen (shift on to), op de koper afgewentelde heffing (charge passed on to the purchaser), machine voor het bekleden van dragers met een lichtgevoelige deklaag (machine for caoting photo-sensitive emulsions on to a backing), býna ... zýn (abut on to, abut to), boenwassproeier (appliance for spraying polish on to floors), de kookskoek wordt met behulp van een uitstootmachine uit de oven gestoten en op een blushelling gestort of naar een blustoren gereden (the coke cake is removed from the oven by means of a pusher and falls on to a quenching wharf or is taken to a quenching tower(U.K.)), grenzen aan (abut, abut on to, abut to, adjoin, be next to), het verlengstuk wordt op de koppelbus gedrukt die op de bovenste bovenstijl is aangelast en met drie stiften bevestigd (the extension is pushed on to the head sleeve welded to the upper internal prop and fastened with three slotted pins), in de buurt komen van (abut on to, abut to), afwentelen (roll off, shift on to), machine voor het aanbrengen van papieren omslagen om goedkope boeken (machine for glueing paper covers on to cheap books), zwemen naar (abut on to, abut to), verbinding door krimpen (shrink on a piece on to another, shrink-fit), verladen (shift on to), wanneer bij exploratieboringen olie is aangeboord,wordt de put normaliter beproefd en gesloten waarna de boorinstallatie naar een andere boorlokatie wordt gesleept (ordinarily, when oil is struck in exploratory drilling the well is tested and capped and the rig moves on to another drilling site), krimpen (back, backing, contraction, shrink on a piece on to another, shrinkage, shrink-fit, to contract, to shrink, to shrink on). (various references)

Esperanto

transŝarĝi (shift on to), esti preskaŭ (abut on to, abut to). (various references)

Finnish

voimaviivoihin jäätynyt ionisoitu materia (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), talossa on vesijohto (there is water laid on to the house), ryhtyä ohittamaan (carry on to overtake), lentokone syöksyi pellolle (the aeroplane crashed down on to the field), kutistaa (shrink), kankaiden ja neulosten rullauslaite värjättäessä perforoiduilla puomeilla (machine for winding woven or knitted fabrics on to perforated beams for dyeing), iskeytyä (be imprinted on the mind, crash into, fasten on to), hän jatkoi (he continued by saying, he went on to say). (various references)

French

machine � couvrir de couvertures de papier les livres � bon marché (machine for glueing paper covers on to cheap books), changer d'horizons (move on to pastures new), encourager qn � faire qch (drive smb. on to do smth.), fretter une pièce sur une autre (shrink on a piece on to another), la rallonge de l'étançon est placée sur la douille de tête de la partie supérieure du fût intérieur et fixée au moyen de trois broches (the extension is pushed on to the head sleeve welded to the upper internal prop and fastened with three slotted pins), avoir confiance dans (pin ones faith on to), machine � coucher les émulsions photosensibles sur leurs supports (machine for caoting photo-sensitive emulsions on to a backing), tenir (hang onto, hold on to), machine � enrouler les tissus ou tricots sur rouleaux perforés pour teinture (machine for winding woven or knitted fabrics on to perforated beams for dyeing), matière ionisée collée aux lignes de force (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), parier (put smb. on to smth.), pulvérisateur d'encaustique (appliance for spraying polish on to floors), pulvérisateur pour encaustiquer les parquets (appliance for spraying polish on to floors), répercussion de la taxe sur l'acheteur (charge passed on to the purchaser), se tenir � (hang on to smth.). (various references)

German

führen auf (open on to), übergehen zu (get on to, go over to), hinausführen auf (give on to), herumhacken auf (get on to), herausfinden (discover, find out, find smb.'s way out, get on to, isolate, isolation, pick out, search out, seek out, sift out, sound out, to find out, to spot, trace), halten (born, borne, cease, clamp, come to a halt, give, halt, hang around, hang onto, held, hold, hold on to, hold up, keep, keep back, kept, last, maintain, make, pull up, put down, retain, run, save, stay, stick, stop, take, to clamp, to hold, to retain, treat, uphold, wear well), gehen auf (open on to), hinausgehen (exit, give on to, go out, lead out, step out, to go out, walk out), festhalten (adherence, capture, cling, conventionalism, detain, emphasize, held, hold, hold down, hold on, hold on to, holding, intern, keep hold of, record, retain, to hold down, to hold tight, to retain), hinausgehen auf (face, look on to, look out on to, open onto), die Verlaengerung wird auf die am oberen Innenstempel angeschweisste Kopfhuelse gesteckt und mit drei Spannstiften befestigt (the extension is pushed on to the head sleeve welded to the upper internal prop and fastened with three slotted pins), der Kokskuchen wird mit der Koksausdrueckmaschine aus dem Ofen gedrueckt und dann auf eine Loeschrampe gestuerzt oder zum Loeschturm gebracht (the coke cake is removed from the oven by means of a pusher and falls on to a quenching wharf or is taken to a quenching tower(U.K.)), Bohnerwachszerstaeuber (appliance for spraying polish on to floors), ausgehen auf (be intent on, look on to), aufschrumpfen ein Stück auf ein anderes (shrink on a piece on to another, shrink-fit), aufdecken (detect, disclose, discover, expose, face, get on to, lay bare, open, put on the table, reveal, set the table, show, smell out, sniff out, solve, to disclose, to expose, uncover, unearth, unhide), Abwälzung der Abgabe auf den Abnehmer (charge passed on to the purchaser), festhalten an (adhere, adhere to, hang on to, hold to, persevere, stick to, to hang on to), Maschine zum Einbinden von billigen Buechern Broschueren usw.mit Papiereinbanddecken (machine for glueing paper covers on to cheap books), zusammenhalten (hang together, hold on to, hold side by side, hold together, keep together, stick together, to stick together), Wickelmaschine für Gewebe und Maschenware (machine for winding woven or knitted fabrics on to perforated beams for dyeing), wenn eine Aufschlussbohrung Erdoel angetroffen hat,wird sie gewoehnlich getestet und anschliessend mit einer Kappe verschlossen;die Bohranlage wird zu einer anderen Bohrlokation verbracht (ordinarily, when oil is struck in exploratory drilling the well is tested and capped and the rig moves on to another drilling site), spitzbekommen (cotton on to, get wise to), spannen (be taut, be tight, catch on to, clamp, draw, flex, get wise to, harness, strech, stretch, tauten, tense, tension, tighten, to stretch, wind up), sich klammern an (cling to, hang on to, hug), hinausführen in (give on to), schnallen (buckle, buckles, catch on to, click on, fasten, strap), zuspielen (leak, leak out, leak to, pass, pass on to), Maschine zum Auftragen von lichtempfindlichen Emulsionen auf Schichttraeger (machine for caoting photo-sensitive emulsions on to a backing), liegen an (look on to), kommen auf (add up to, come on to, come to, come up with, think of), j-n antreiben, etw. zu tun (urge smb. on to do smth.), ionisierte Materie an die Kraftlinien fixiert (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), in verbindung setzen mit (get on to), hinten angrenzen an (back on to), sich hängen an (become attached to, cling to, hang on to, set off in pursuit of, stick to). (various references)

Greek 

σύσφιξη στοιχείου επί άλλου (shrink on a piece on to another, shrink-fit), συσκευή ψεκασμού στιλβωμάτων για δάπεδα (appliance for spraying polish on to floors), συνήθως όταν μία γεώτρηση εξερευνήσεως οδηγεί σε εντοπισμό πετρελαίου,το πηγάδι γίνεται αντικείμενο δοκιμών και κλείνεται προσωρινά η κε� (when oil is struck in exploratory drilling the well is tested and capped and the rig moves on to another drilling site), συναρμογή σύσφιξης (shrink on a piece on to another, shrink-fit), βγάζω σε (open on to), ιονισμένη ύλη κολλημένη στις δυναμικές γραμμές (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), μηχανή επικάλυψης φθηνών βιβλίων με χάρτινο εξώφυλλο (machine for glueing paper covers on to cheap books), μηχανή επίστρωσης των φωτοευαίσθητων γαλακτωμάτων στα υποθέματά τους (machine for caoting photo-sensitive emulsions on to a backing), μηχανή τυλίγματος υφαντών ή πλεκτών υφασμάτων σε διάτρητους κυλίνδρους για βαφή (machine for winding woven or knitted fabrics on to perforated beams for dyeing), μετακύλιση του φόρου στον αγοραστή (charge passed on to the purchaser), μεταβιβάζω νέα σε (pass some news on to), ο πλακούντας του οπτάνθρακα εξάγεται από τον κλίβανο με τη συσκευή εξαγωγής και οδηγείται σε επιφάνεια ή σε πύργο κατάσβεσης (the coke cake is removed from the oven by means of a pusher and falls on to a quenching wharf or is taken to a quenching tower(U.K.)). (various references)

Hebrew 

ל�"וסיף ל�"חזיק ב- (hold on to), ל�'לות מזימ�" (get on to), לבטוח (confide, pin ones faith on to, trust). (various references)

Hungarian

megnyer vmit (to get on to sg), ösztönöz vkit vmire (to egg sy on to do sg, to egg sy to do sg), bátorít vkit vmire (to egg sy on to do sg, to egg sy to do sg), bekapcsolódik vmibe (to latch on to sg), buzdít vkit vmire (to egg sy on to do sg, to egg sy to do sg), csatlakozik vmihez (to join in, to latch on to sg), elmegy a végsőkig (to go clear on to the end), férkőzz a közelébe! (get on to him!), érintkezésbe lép vkivel (to get on to sy), kutasd fel! (get on to him!), vonzódik vkihez (have a leaning towards sy, to cotton on to sy, to cotton to sy, to draw to sy, to sympathize with sy), nógat vkit vmire (to egg sy on to do sg, to egg sy to do sg), nyaggat (to be on to sy, to bother, to chivvy, to chivy, to vex), rávesz vkit vmi megtételére (to draw sy into doing sg, to draw sy on to do sg, to occasion sy to do sy), rávezet vkit vmilyen témára (to get sy on to a subject), ragaszkodik vkihez (to cling to sy, to cotton on to sy, to cotton to sy), serkent vkit vmire (to egg sy on to do sg, to egg sy to do sg), tisztában van vkivel (to be on to sy), kiismer vkit (to find sy out, to get on to sy, to get to know sy). (various references)

Indonesian

menumpukan (cause something to rest, concentrate, lean something on to, lean with something), menggayuti (be present in a place, hang on to), menggantungi (be hanging on to, hanging), mendomplengi (join on to), mencantumi (add on to), memulaskan (apply something to, put something on to), memegangi (hold on to, take hold of), gamblok (be attached to, hold on to), berpegangan (hold on to each other, hold on to something), berpegang (hold on to). (various references)

Italian

su (about, at, beside, in, on, on top of, out, over, there, up, upon, with), sopra (above, across, at the top, atop, hyper, o'er, of, on, on top, on top of, over, top, up, upon, via). (various references)

Japanese Kanji 

辿り着く (to arrive somewhere after a struggle, to grope along to, to struggle on to), 進学 (going on to university), 食い下がる (to doff, to hang on to), 食下がる (to doff, to hang on to), 飲み込む (to catch on to, to digest, to gulp down, to learn, to swallow deeply, to take in, to understand), 面する (to face on, to look out on to), 掴まる (to grasp, to hold on to), 捉まる (to grasp, to hold on to), 差し手 (slipping one's hand beneath the opponent's arm and latching on to the underside of his belt), 呑み込む (to catch on to, to digest, to gulp down, to learn, to swallow deeply, to take in, to understand), � �持 (holding on to, sticking to). (various references)

Japanese Katakana 

たどりつく (to arrive somewhere after a struggle, to grope along to, to struggle on to), くいさがる (to doff, to hang on to), し�"がく (going on to university, theology), さして (a move, slipping one's hand beneath the opponent's arm and latching on to the underside of his belt), のみ�"む (to catch on to, to digest, to gulp down, to learn, to swallow deeply, to take in, to understand), つかまる (to be arrested, to be caught, to grasp, to hold on to), め�"する (to face on, to look out on to), け�"じ (dedication, holding on to, public prosecutor, revelation, sacred sword and jewels, stalwart youth, sticking to, stroke-count index). (various references)

Pig Latin

onay otay.(various references)

Portuguese

o resíduo de coque empurrado para fora do forno por um dispositivo apropriado é despejado para uma rampa ou torre de extinção (the coke cake is removed from the oven by means of a pusher and falls on to a quenching wharf or is taken to a quenching tower(U.K.)), repercussão do imposto sobre o comprador (charge passed on to the purchaser), pulverizador para espalhar encáustico em soalhos (appliance for spraying polish on to floors), montagem por aquecimento (shrink on a piece on to another, shrink-fit), matéria ionizada colada � s linhas de força (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), máquina para estender emulsões sensibilizadas sobre os respectivos suportes (machine for caoting photo-sensitive emulsions on to a backing), máquina para enrolar os tecidos ou tecidos de malha sobre rolos perfurados para tingimento (machine for winding woven or knitted fabrics on to perforated beams for dyeing), máquina de revestir com capas de papel os livros de baixo preço (machine for glueing paper covers on to cheap books). (various references)

Romanian

totul depinde de cursã de azi (everything turns on to day's race), se ataşa de (cotton, link on to), se ţine strâns (clinch, freeze on to), se ţine (be, carry, carry oneself, cling on to smth., cling to, hold up), arãta simpatie faţã de (cotton on to), începe sã (come on to, go about). (various references)

Russian 

ухватываться за (catch at, catch hold of, catch on to), узнавать что-л. (get on to), регистрироваться в (log on to), придерживаться (adhere to, hold, hold on to, hold out for, keep, uphold), повернуть на (went on to), переходить на (move on to, move to), добавлять к (add to, tack on to), добираться до чего-л. (get on to). (various references)

Serbo-Croatian

pridržati se za (hold on to), približiti se (approach, approximate, bring closer, get on to, near). (various references)

Spanish

la torta de coque se retira del horno por medio de una deshornadora y se vierte en una rampa de apagado o se traslada a una torre de apagado (u.k.) (the coke cake is removed from the oven by means of a pusher and falls on to a quenching wharf or is taken to a quenching tower(U.K.)), agarrarse (bite, cling, fight, grapple, grip, hold, hold on to), ajuste en caliente (shrink on a piece on to another, shrink-fit), ajuste por contracción (shrink on a piece on to another, shrink-fit), comunicar (announce, break, communicate, connect, connect up, convey, deliver, get on to, get over, get through, give, hand on, impart, infect, inform, notify, plug in, put across, put over, report, tell), comunicar con (get on to), contactar (contact, get on to, reach, to contact, touch), contactar con (get on to, raise), dar a (devote, give on to, set, thunder, utter), dar de (back on to, bestow, fleer, tell off, tender, touch), descubrir los hechos (get on to), descubrirse (bare one's head, be discovered, dig up, get at, get on to, plough up, zip, zip up), fijarse (become fixed, become steady, latch on to, Lodge, set, sink in, sink into, take notice), guardar (bear, bosom, conserve, envision, fence, filibeg, guard, hang on, herd, hold, hold back, hold on to, house, keep, keep back, lay aside, lay away, lay by, lay up, leave in, look, maintain, observe, preserve, protect, put away, put back, put by, retain, save, shelter, tend, treasure, wait, ward, watch), adherirse (adhere, cleave, cling, cohere, embrace, espouse, fall in, latch on to, stick), retener (carry, detain, hoard up, hold, hold back, hold on to, keep, keep back, prevent, retain, to deter, withhold), repercutir el tributo sobre el comprador (charge passed on to the purchaser), quedarse con (hold on to, retain, take on, touch), pulverizador para dar encausticos a los pisos (appliance for spraying polish on to floors), ponerse en contacto con (get on to, make contact with, touch), identificar (detect, finger, get on to, identify, recognize, zero in), pegar algo a un artículo (tag smth. on to an article), insinuarse a (come on to), materia ionizada unida a las líneas de fuerza (ionized matter glued on to the lines of force), maquina para recubrir los soportes con emulsiones fotosensibles (machine for caoting photo-sensitive emulsions on to a backing), maquina para cubrir con tapas de papel los libros baratos (machine for glueing paper covers on to cheap books), localizar (get on to, localise, localize, locate, nail, raise, trace, track down), llamar (appeal to, beckon, buzz, call, call back, call in, call off, call over, call up, call upon, draw, engage, get, get on to, give a ring, have in, hit, hollo, holloa, invoke, knock, knock up, name, recall, ring, ring the bell, ring up, strike, summon, term, to call, touch off, whip in), tirar los tecos a (come on to), ponerse en contacto (contact, get on to). (various references)

Swedish

upp på (onto, upon). (various references)

Turkish

haberdar (au fait, aware, cognizant, hip, informed, knowing). (various references)

Turkmen 

garpyюmak (be coupled with, clamp on to). (various references)

Welsh

gafael am (grab hold of, grasp, hold on to). (various references)

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits.

Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams

Direct Anagrams: onto, toon.

-1 letter: noo, not, oot, ton, too.

-2 letters: no, on, to.

+1 letter: conto, snoot, tondo, toons, toyon.

+2 letters: bonito, boston, bouton, contos, cotton, croton, enroot, gentoo, lotion, motion, mouton, nostoc, notion, option, photon, ponton, potion, pronto, proton, ratoon, snoots, snooty, stolon, thoron, tondos, toyons, trogon, tycoon, unroot, wonton.

+3 letters: amotion, arnotto, biotron, bonitos, booting, bostons, botonee, boutons, bowknot, cartoon, coconut, coition, concoct, connote, consort, contort, contour, control, coolant, coontie, coranto, cornuto, coronet, cottons, cottony, crotons, crouton, donator, duotone, ecotone, eftsoon, emotion, enroots, entozoa, eobiont, festoon, finfoot, footing, footman, footmen, fronton, gentoos, hooting, hornito, isotone, kiloton, looting, lotions, matzoon, metopon, momento, monitor, monocot, montero, moonlet, moonlit, moonset, mooting, motions, moutons, nitroso, nonstop, nostocs, notions, nutwood, octagon, octanol, odonate, odorant, options, oration, orotund, ortolan, ottoman, outdone, outgone, outworn, ovation, oxytone, ozonate, patroon, photons, platoon, pontons, pontoon, portion, potions, pronota, protons, ratoons, rattoon, rooting, snooted, soliton, soonest, sooting, stolons, tandoor, testoon, thorons, tompion, tooling, tooting, topknot, toponym, torchon, tornado, torsion, tortoni, towmond, towmont, trogons, tycoons, typhoon, unroots, wontons.