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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Name the plow 'Reality Check' and paint it green while your at it.
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
The painter Thomas Patch pokes Titian’s Venus but doesn’t look at it—he is too taken with The Wrestlers.
—Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
John Vink, the Silicon Valley smokehouse savior, is at it again.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
In the clip, Sarah can be seen looking at a pregnancy test and crying as Carlo races to look at it after her.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
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Adam Harrington, CBS News, 31 Dec. 2025
The painter Thomas Patch pokes Titian’s Venus but doesn’t look at it—he is too taken with The Wrestlers.
—Jackson Arn, Harpers Magazine, 30 Dec. 2025
John Vink, the Silicon Valley smokehouse savior, is at it again.
—Linda Zavoral, Mercury News, 30 Dec. 2025
In the clip, Sarah can be seen looking at a pregnancy test and crying as Carlo races to look at it after her.
—Hannah Sacks, PEOPLE, 25 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for at it
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“At it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20it. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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