at it
idiom
: doing some activity
I didn't expect her to have started working yet, but she was already (hard) at it when I arrived.
My neighbors are always arguing, and they were at it again last night.
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Your operations team will cost you money, but rather than being a cost center, look at it as a growth multiplier.
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Barbara Puszkiewicz-Cimino, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Chris, 44, has been at it the longest, joining his father at the club more than 20 years ago.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Not the case with my wife’s parents, who just looked at it like a weird bug.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2025
Luckily, her castmates came to the rescue, with Butler blowing in the bee’s direction and Pascal swatting at it, and the group appeared to escape the insect unscathed.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 17 May 2025
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Barbara Puszkiewicz-Cimino, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
Chris, 44, has been at it the longest, joining his father at the club more than 20 years ago.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 19 May 2025
Not the case with my wife’s parents, who just looked at it like a weird bug.
—Zach Przystup, Baltimore Sun, 19 May 2025
Luckily, her castmates came to the rescue, with Butler blowing in the bee’s direction and Pascal swatting at it, and the group appeared to escape the insect unscathed.
—Bailey Richards, People.com, 17 May 2025
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“At it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20it. Accessed 23 May. 2025.
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