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.

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In other words, if the Supreme Court rules against Trump on an important issue, there’s a fair chance the Trump-Vance-Musk regime will thumb their nose at it. —

Robert B. Reich, Hartford Courant, 11 Feb. 2025 Another way to look at it: Since Jan. 1, in one metric that allows sorting by date, the Tritons rank 41st to the Aztecs’ 81st. —

Mark Zeigler, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Feb. 2025 Now Trump is at it again in Gaza, suggesting that U.S. taxpayers won’t end up footing any of the bill for his plan. —

Dan Alexander, Forbes, 8 Feb. 2025 Two years later, Affleck is back at it for the 2025 Super Bowl with another DunKings commercial which includes his brother Casey Affleck and Succession actor Jeremy Strong. —

Emily Blackwood, People.com, 8 Feb. 2025 See all Example Sentences for at it