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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Photos of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton vacationing off Ischia in 1962 are considered by some to be the first paparazzi photographs, but the enterprising Devon was at it long before that. JSTOR Daily, 23 Oct. 2025 How can people get better at it? Angela Haupt, Time, 23 Oct. 2025 Those crypto boys are at it again, this time proposing a giant, 450-foot-tall statue on of San Francisco Bay’s Alcatraz Island, according to local outlet KRON4. James Folta, Literary Hub, 22 Oct. 2025 Willow begins to whimper, and backs away from the door—but sits promptly down, still staring at it. Rachael O'Connor, MSNBC Newsweek, 21 Oct. 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 31 Oct. 2025.

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