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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Long would approach fixing the offense by looking at it as one cohesive unit, like an organism.
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Jenn McGraw, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
The artist known as Beeple is at it again.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
Since then, researchers around the world have aimed their telescopes and sensitive equipment arrays at it as the comet continues its 130,000 mile-per-hour journey through our stellar neighborhood.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025
Let’s look at it from three different angles.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
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Jenn McGraw, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
The artist known as Beeple is at it again.
—Jane Wooldridge, Miami Herald, 3 Dec. 2025
Since then, researchers around the world have aimed their telescopes and sensitive equipment arrays at it as the comet continues its 130,000 mile-per-hour journey through our stellar neighborhood.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 3 Dec. 2025
Let’s look at it from three different angles.
—Scott Dochterman, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2025
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“At it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20it. Accessed 8 Dec. 2025.
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