go at it
go at (something)
To engage in or undertake something with great energy, enthusiasm, or vigor. I'd been going at the report for two days straight when my computer suddenly crashed and wiped out half my work! We had only planned to paint one room over the weekend, but we really went at it and wound up painting the whole upstairs instead! Sorry, I can't chat right now. I've got to go at all these emails that piled up while I was on vacation.
See also: go
go at it
1. To engage in or undertake something with great energy, enthusiasm, or vigor. I think you need a break from that assignment—you've been going at it for the last three hours! When John returned to teaching, he went at it with a renewed sense of purpose and excitement. We had only planned to paint one room over the weekend, but we really went at it and wound up painting the whole upstairs instead!
2. slang To engage in sex. I can hear my neighbors going at it almost every night—it's so embarrassing! A: "You haven't gone at it with your new boyfriend?" B: "No. I'm just not ready to put things on that level yet." Yes, I did leave the bar with Brad, but, no, we didn't go at it, thank you very much! We're just friends at this point.
See also: go
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