How to Use go at it in a Sentence

go at it

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• If each of your characters had to go at it in a fight, who would win?
  — E. Alex Jung, Vulture, 20 Nov. 2021
• Just clear your living room furniture out of the way and go at it!
  — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 17 Jan. 2021
• Eight teams from four districts go at it until there are only two teams left.
  — Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 10 Feb. 2022
• When going through difficult times like this, don't go at it alone.
  — Ashlyn Messier, Fox News, 24 Jan. 2024
• To be thrown in that deep water and just try and get it up to speed and go at it in an old-school way.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 19 June 2021
• The player who chose the trump suit has the option to play with a partner or go at it alone.
  — Stephen J. Beard, USA TODAY, 17 Aug. 2023
• The key to habit smashing is to start small and go at it gradually.
  — Julia Ries, SELF, 2 Jan. 2024
• There’s also one or two who have never played a sport before, and this is their first go at it.
  — Rachel Roberts, Idaho Statesman, 26 Apr. 2024
• Sam initially turns her down for her own good, but later the pair go at it anyway.
  — Kyle Smith, National Review, 7 Apr. 2021
• For several long minutes, the hawk and the deer go at it, fiercely.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 10 Sep. 2021
• The two playfully go at it with bright yellow swords made of balloons.
  — Angel Saunders, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
• The director just wants to watch these two go at it, and really, who can blame her?
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 16 Feb. 2026
• But beyond some halfhearted sniping, these two rarely go at it.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 30 Jan. 2025
• This isn’t the first time that Zendaya has been stuck on the sidelines watching two men go at it.
  — Justin Chang, The New Yorker, 23 Apr. 2024
• Many people have a go at it, and everyone is welcome to comment.
  — New York Times, 6 Apr. 2022
• Who doesn’t want to watch gigantic creatures and metal men the size of skyscrapers go at it?
  — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 6 Jan. 2025
• Two of the top teams in the CCC and the state will go at it for the first time this season.
  — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 13 Feb. 2023
• And watching Matthew and Elizabeth go at it is just money on the screen.
  — Sarah Rodman, Entertainment Weekly, 31 Mar. 2026
• Also, don’t expect to swinging around the Cadillac during your very first go at it.
  — Bruce Y. Lee, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
• Finally, and most importantly, don't go at it alone.
  — Mahsa Saeidi, CBS News, 22 Jan. 2026
• As a blaring techno beat rises in the background, the two passionately go at it.
  — James Factora, Them., 26 Sep. 2025
• So when Osy’s character comes in, these two guys could really go at it and do damage to each other.
  — Craig McLean, Variety, 4 Dec. 2025
• Maeve and Seraphina then go at it a bit before Conrad comes to the latter's rescue.
  — Matt Cabral, EW.com, 13 Apr. 2025
• The other candidates in congressional contests may have to go at it alone.
  — Dallas News, 7 Sep. 2020
• Also, with Wilson ready to retire, Broccoli wasn’t going to go at it alone.
  — Justin Kroll, Deadline, 20 Feb. 2025
• The two wrestlers go at it during an early-morning match before school to determine who advances and whose season ends.
  — Don Norcross, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Feb. 2023
• Imagine being one of the other law students in this year, just watching a bimbo and an ice queen dominate class time to go at it.
  — Emma Specter, Vogue, 25 Mar. 2022
• The nurses, teachers, soldiers and everyone else on her massage table, resting up to go at it again.
  — Danielle Paquette The Washington Post, Arkansas Online, 17 Feb. 2026
• The only remedy is a new generation to take another go at it.
  — Lauren Michele Jackson, The New Yorker, 22 Dec. 2023
• By the time Eloise and Heather are banging on the door, Lynette shows up to support her niece, and the two sisters go at it.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Feb. 2025