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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Like Walter Camp did at the turn of the century, Brown both elevated the quarterback position and chipped away at it, trying to keep it in its place.
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CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
The Heat is right back at it on Monday.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
So a tool meant to make DMV data sharing frictionless for law enforcement agencies also acts like a privacy Trojan horse, because agencies don’t need just cause or a warrant to look at it.
—Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
Jackie would add layer upon layer of spackle to every surface — archways, radiators — then toss fistfuls of glitter at it before the compound could dry.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
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CBS News, 8 Feb. 2026
The Heat is right back at it on Monday.
—Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 8 Feb. 2026
So a tool meant to make DMV data sharing frictionless for law enforcement agencies also acts like a privacy Trojan horse, because agencies don’t need just cause or a warrant to look at it.
—Tressie McMillan Cottom, Mercury News, 7 Feb. 2026
Jackie would add layer upon layer of spackle to every surface — archways, radiators — then toss fistfuls of glitter at it before the compound could dry.
—Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026
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“At it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20it. Accessed 14 Feb. 2026.
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