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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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.
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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
Eager to watch the cowboys from America go at it, the old men encouraged a scrimmage.
—Will Grant, Outside Online, 11 June 2025
Watching these two go at it for two decades has been a true treat.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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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
Eager to watch the cowboys from America go at it, the old men encouraged a scrimmage.
—Will Grant, Outside Online, 11 June 2025
Watching these two go at it for two decades has been a true treat.
—Josh Yohe, New York Times, 18 Apr. 2025
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“Go at it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/go%20at%20it. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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