ADD (SOMETHING) ON(TO) SOMETHING

add (something) on(to) something: translation

add (something) on(to) something & add (something) on†

to extend something by providing more (of something). (This use of

on

with

add

is colloquial.) •

You added nearly one thousand dollars onto the total.

•

You added on a thousand dollars to the total!

•

You added too much on.