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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So, yes, Mercedes-Benz, Bentley and Jaguar are currently selling fragrances and are fairly successful at it.
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Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
From a creative perspective, who was the better playwright, Inchbald the professional or Austen, who merely played around at it in her fiction?
—Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
On Thursday, Rizzo was at it again after hearing reports that Sanders isn't even running the scout team.
—Matt Wadleigh, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Tatis at it again The Reds would have had four homers if not for Tatis running back 76 feet, slowing only slightly and adjusting his course a bit before leaping to backhand Tyler Stephenson’s 379-foot drive to right field.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
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Keenan Thompson, USA Today, 12 Sep. 2025
From a creative perspective, who was the better playwright, Inchbald the professional or Austen, who merely played around at it in her fiction?
—Emily Zarevich, JSTOR Daily, 11 Sep. 2025
On Thursday, Rizzo was at it again after hearing reports that Sanders isn't even running the scout team.
—Matt Wadleigh, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
Tatis at it again The Reds would have had four homers if not for Tatis running back 76 feet, slowing only slightly and adjusting his course a bit before leaping to backhand Tyler Stephenson’s 379-foot drive to right field.
—Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2025
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“At it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20it. Accessed 18 Sep. 2025.
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