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Idioms  

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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Forest soils are playing a surprisingly powerful role in removing methane from the atmosphere, and new findings suggest that certain effects of climate change could make them even better at it.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 17, 2026

What was supposed to simplify dinner can turn it into another administrative process requiring a charged device and a willingness to look at it.

From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026

A lot less attention should be paid to who holds this position and whether they’re “good” at it.

From Slate ● Oct. 17, 2026

She can be seen talking with an employee - apparently about the bird as she points at it - and later moving to leave the store.

From BBC ● Oct. 14, 2026

I untangle the headpiece from my hair and leave my station, but in the retiring room, the dress stares at me and I stare at it and I don’t want to wear this uniform again.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse

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