at it

1. Vigorously pursuing an activity, especially a fight, but also sex or some other activity. For example, Whenever they play bridge they really go at it (fight), or The new job keeps Tom at it day and night (works hard), or In the spring the dogs are always at it (sex). Shakespeare used this seemingly modern idiom for “fighting” in Troilus and Cressida (5:3): “They are at it, hark!” [Late 1500s]

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How are you feeling about the economy when you look at it through your children’s eyes?

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“It is quite clear we are quite good at it,” Arsenal star Bukayo said.

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“We will take it as a big compliment because they were so good at it,” Arteta said.

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So I took a crack at it, hoping to tweak that memory into an improved adult version.

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“The way we look at it, quantum computing is going to coexist with classical computing,” Kulkarni said.

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