at it

Idioms and Phrases

Vigorously pursuing an activity, especially a fight, but also sex or some other activity. For example, Whenever they play bridge they really go at it (fight), or The new job keeps Tom at it day and night (works hard), or In the spring the dogs are always at it (sex). Shakespeare used this seemingly modern idiom for “fighting” in Troilus and Cressida (5:3): “They are at it, hark!” [Late 1500s]

Example Sentences

But in time, Anchali got better at it, and she did it more and more.

From NewsForKids.net

He kept at it for the next 21 years, which gives “Sabbath Queen” the rare opportunity to capture its subject in flight, so to speak.

From New York Times

And I think I’ve spent most of my life kind of demonizing it and choosing not to understand it because the easier thing for me was to just be angry at it.

From Los Angeles Times

“So when we got the chance to write the musical, I jumped at it, because I love interesting people like that who have had great success and then been banished and lost everything, and then come back because of their faith and because of their belief, and turn the tables.”

From Los Angeles Times

“Let me say this: I have asked to read the allegations and I honestly have not had time to look at it, so I just can’t comment,” Wicker told reporters.

From Salon

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