go at it
idiom
: to fight or argue
Our neighbors were arguing again last night. They went at it for almost an hour.
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The two playfully go at it with bright yellow swords made of balloons.
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Also, don’t expect to swinging around the Cadillac during your very first go at it.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
For their final Miami activity, everyone goes to the beach to sit under umbrellas, get a tutorial from Aaron about how to lighten your hair with lemon juice, and watch Kaylor and Aaron go at it yet again.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Either way, the pleasure of watching Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons go at it as a Big Pharma executive and a crunchy-granola conspiracy theorist is reward enough.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
Also, don’t expect to swinging around the Cadillac during your very first go at it.
—Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
For their final Miami activity, everyone goes to the beach to sit under umbrellas, get a tutorial from Aaron about how to lighten your hair with lemon juice, and watch Kaylor and Aaron go at it yet again.
—Olivia Crandall, Vulture, 29 Aug. 2025
Either way, the pleasure of watching Emma Stone and Jesse Plemons go at it as a Big Pharma executive and a crunchy-granola conspiracy theorist is reward enough.
—David Rooney, HollywoodReporter, 28 Aug. 2025
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“Go at it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20at%20it. Accessed 16 Sep. 2025.
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