English

Alternative forms

• going at it

Adjective

at it ‎(not comparable)

1. Used other than as an idiom: see at,‎ it.
2. Occupied with a given activity; busy with something. [from 17th c.]
   • c. 1608, William Shakespeare, Coriolanus, First Folio 1623:

     Mart. Oh they are at it.

     Lart. Their noise be our instruction.

   • 1893, Edwin H Porter, The Fall River Tragedy:

     We were at it until three o'clock in the morning.

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