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Luce Posted 20 years ago
Vocabulary

To be onto to somebody

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00I would like to know the exact meaning of the expression 'be onto somebody' in the following context:02br
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00'John knows Tony, and he's onto Tony, and Tony's honest with him.02br
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00I tried to look it up almost everywhere, but with no result.02br
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00Thanx in advance, 05002br
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0A guess from a non-english speaker02br
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00I'd like to explain with an example--"It means when the two are discussing when to go for a holiday, the final date is always the one that is firstly proposed by 00John".02br
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0I see. Well, yes, sounds good, thank you.02br
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00Can anyone confirm that? 050010id1
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0To 'be on to someone'02br
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00To understand someone and their hidden motivations. 02br
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00Child in kitchen being suspiciously quiet, mother looks in suspecting mischief and finding child with suspicious 'butter wouldn't melt' expression: 'I'm on to you. What have you been doing?!'0-
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00To 01b00be onto02b00 something or someone is to be aware of information related to it or them, esp. when they are trying to deceive you:02br
00Everybody is onto your game -- why don't you admit you lied?02br
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00It's from cambridge online dictionary:)02br
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Hi,

To be onto someone means to understand what their up to or what they're doing
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If someone is trying to deceive you and "you are onto them" it means that you see through their shenanigans and you can't be fooled.
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