get at it

phrase

US, informal

: to start doing something

You have a lot of work to do so you'd better get at it.

Examples of get at it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Disable Wallet Access On The Lock Screen People keep quite literally a wealth of data in their Apple Wallets, so ensure this isn’t available on the Lock Screen where someone else might get at it. — Kate O'Flaherty, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025

There is plenty to be said about that, but some of the quotes from observers or the band members themselves in Mehr’s liner notes — which are nearly book-length, and awesome — get at it as well as anyone could. — Chris Willman, Variety, 27 Sep. 2023

However, a study published Tuesday in Nature Communications suggests that liquid water might exist in lakes and pools much closer to Europa’s surface, where a spacecraft could more easily get at it. — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 21 Apr. 2022

That can be hard to grasp, so here are some fun ways to get at it. — Scott Horner, The Indianapolis Star, 27 May 2021

Like even the idea of a ‘you’ that can restrain ‘yourself’ doesn’t quite get at it. — Jennifer Wilson, The New Republic, 6 Nov. 2020

Rhymes for get at it

• candlelit
• counterfeit
• hypocrite
• resubmit
• retrofit
• acquit
• admit
• armpit
• backlit
• befit
• cockpit
• commit