At it Definition & Meaning - Merriam-Webster

at it

idiom

: doing some activity

I didn't expect her to have started working yet, but she was already (hard) at it when I arrived.

My neighbors are always arguing, and they were at it again last night.

Examples of at it in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Do not dare try to look at it with your bare eyes or sunglasses! —

Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 8 Apr. 2024 If the sun is only partially obscured, looking at it will damage your retina. —

Bill Chappell, NPR, 8 Apr. 2024 The work felt so rewarding, Knoll spent much of his free time trying to become better at it. —

Casey Parks, Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2024 Jacksonville Jaguars owner Shahid Khan is at it again. —

Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 5 Apr. 2024 Cover your ears and eyes and put your tender sensibilities aside because Iowa and LSU are about to go at it in the NCAA Tournament. —

USA TODAY, 1 Apr. 2024 Instead, look at it this way: Your prescription in the present moment is to slow down, pour even more love into yourself more often, and let go of the more rigid aspects of your life this month. —

Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2024 As if its 1957 spaghetti spoof wasn’t enough, the BBC was at it again for April Fools’ Day 1976. —

Julia Daye, Miami Herald, 29 Mar. 2024 With my parents, there’s two ways of looking at it, right? —

Adam B. Vary, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024

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