"put someone on to" meaning in English

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Verb

Forms: puts someone on to [present, singular, third-person], putting someone on to [participle, present], put someone on to [participle, past], put someone on to [past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|put<,,put> someone on to}} put someone on to (third-person singular simple present puts someone on to, present participle putting someone on to, simple past and past participle put someone on to)
  1. (idiomatic) To show; to draw someone's attention to something useful or interesting. Tags: idiomatic Synonyms: put someone onto Related terms: pmo (english: put me on)

Inflected forms

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