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be onto a winner
be onto a winner
To be progressing in a way that is likely to succeed. I think we're onto a winner with this new environmental initiative—the whole company has really embraced it. After all of those failed experiments, our team is finally onto a winner now.
be onto a winner
to be likely to succeed, usually because what you are selling is very popular I think they're onto a winner with their latest product.
Common Names:
| Name | Gender | Pronounced | Usage |
| VirgÍLio | | - | Portuguese |
| Marijse | | - | Dutch |
| Gregory | | GREG-ə-ree | English |
| Cecilio | | the-THEE-lyo (Spanish), se-SEE-lyo (Latin American Spanish), che-CHEE-lyo (Italian) | Spanish, Portuguese, Italian |
| Eugenio | | e-oo-JE-nyo (Italian), e-oo-KHE-nyo (Spanish) | Italian, Spanish |
| Gulnara | | - | Kazakh, Azerbaijani, Kyrgyz |