on it

phrase

: actively dealing with a problem, job, etc.
"We need to get this paperwork done." "Don't worry; I'm on it."

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So Rocky did, telling her about the pheasant hunt, the finding of the roadside gun, Helen’s plan to smash it with an axe, and Nick’s competing plan to make it into an artwork by melting solder on it. — Tom Drury, Harpers Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026 Of around 2,000 people currently set to be executed around the country, just 45 are women, according to the Death Penalty Information Center, which publishes data on capital punishment but doesn't take a position on it. — Emily Mae Czachor, CBS News, 29 Sep. 2026 Oura flirted with Wall Street, but isn’t ready to put a ring on it. — Evan Clark, Footwear News, 29 Sep. 2026 That’s a meaningfully different starting point than the industry has had before, even if most organizations are still early in acting on it. — Yu Fang, Forbes.com, 29 Sep. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on it

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“On it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20it. Accessed 30 Sep. 2026.

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