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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But that has been analyzed and dismissed by almost every economist and trade group in the country to look at it.
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Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
This was a completely different way of looking at it, based on verbatim testimony.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Natural functioning of the job market Look at it this way.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Investigators are looking at it as a possible act of gang violence, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
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Peter Green, Quartz, 9 Nov. 2024
This was a completely different way of looking at it, based on verbatim testimony.
—Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 8 Nov. 2024
Natural functioning of the job market Look at it this way.
—Eli Amdur, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
Investigators are looking at it as a possible act of gang violence, authorities said.
—Nate Gartrell, The Mercury News, 1 Nov. 2024
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“At it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/at%20it. Accessed 25 Nov. 2024.
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