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.

Examples of at it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Taking a small sample of fluid and looking at it under a microscope. Nicole Harris, Parents, 14 Mar. 2024 Myriad companies with myriad approaches are all trying to tackle the problem, looking at it from every conceivable angle in hopes that one of them will condense the chaos of human action into something easily understood by an algorithm. Steve Dasilva / Jalopnik, Quartz, 13 Mar. 2024 In the past decade or so, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, and other Democrats have proposed a variety of methods to tax the ultra-wealthy, and the proposal for a statutory minimum is the latest stab at it. John Cassidy, The New Yorker, 12 Mar. 2024 Things like terrorism, things like the January 6th insurrection, which had a lot of Christian nationalists at it. Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 11 Mar. 2024 The Star-Telegram got an exclusive look at it on Wednesday. Noah Alcala Bach, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 8 Mar. 2024 The Heat is right back at it Friday against another quality opponent. Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024 While many performers have championed the role, others have scoffed at it in recent years. Zack Sharf, Variety, 5 Mar. 2024 But the job of transforming their image has been no easy task, and the Clippers last week announced their latest crack at it: a new logo that, defying conventional wisdom, reaches into their past. Scott Cacciola, New York Times, 3 Mar. 2024

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“At it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20it. Accessed 28 Mar. 2024.

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