get onto vs get wise

get onto and get wise both are verbs.

Word	Noun	Adjective	Verb	Adverb
get onto	No	No	Yes	No
get wise	No	No	Yes	No

As verbs, get onto and get wise are synonyms defined as:

get onto and get wise: understand, usually after some initial difficulty

Other synonyms of get onto include catch on, cotton on, get it, latch on, tumble, twig.

get onto (verb)	get wise (verb)
understand, usually after some initial difficulty	understand, usually after some initial difficulty