up and at 'em

Idioms  

1. Get going, get busy, as in Up and at 'em—there's a lot of work to be done. This colloquial idiom, often uttered as a command, uses at 'em (for “at them”) in the general sense of tackling a project, and not in reference to specific persons.

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up and at 'em

The Utah Utes got up and at 'em early — courtesy of a blaring fire alarm at their hotel.

From Fox News ● Dec. 12, 2020

And what a relief it was to see him up and at ’em.

From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2016

I can tweet before going to bed at midnight or 1 and know that they’re up and at ’em, and they’re going to have to respond.”

From New York Times ● Nov. 18, 2010

Portland, Oregon--The new modern agenda in layering is all the way live. Shelterlayering.com is up and at 'em on the interweb.

From Time Magazine Archive

There, as yet, all was externally peaceful, as though no enemy were near, but a suppressed anxiety to be "up and at 'em" prevailed among the troops.

From South Africa and the Transvaal War, Vol. 2 (of 6) From the Commencement of the War to the Battle of Colenso, 15th Dec. 1899 by Louis Creswicke