单词 | to go to it |
释义 | > as lemmasto go to it intransitive. colloquial. to go to it: to go ahead; to get started, get down to it, ‘get cracking’. Frequently imperative in go to it!, as an exhortation to do this. ΘΚΠ the world > action or operation > undertaking > beginning action or activity > begin action or activity [verb (intransitive)] > resolutely or energetically to go to it1490 busklea1535 settle1576 to lay on1587 to put in (also get into) one's gearsa1658 to put (occasionally lay, set) one's shoulder to the wheel1678 yark1721 to get going1822 to pitch in1835 to roll up one's sleeves1838 square1849 to clap on1850 to wire in (also away)1864 to dig in1884 hunker1903 tie into1904 to get cracking1937 to get stuck in1938 to get weaving1942 to get it on1954 1490 W. Caxton tr. Foure Sonnes of Aymon (1885) viii. 194 Lete vs goo to it hardly [Fr. alons y hardiment], For we durste well assaylle the devylle, when ye be wyth vs. 1530 J. Palsgrave Lesclarcissement 733/1 Go to it, man, be nat a frayde, I wyll stande by the who so ever come. 1553 T. Wilson Arte of Rhetorique i. f. 31v Well, go to it, tell as many as you can, & spare not. 1602 Contention Liberalitie & Prodigalitie iii. iii. sig. Dv I say, that I like it: goe to it, I pray you. 1655 tr. A. Semedo Hist. China i. xxix. 148 They..go to it with their fists. 1735–6 S. Legge Alphabet of Kenticisms (1876) 30 Going to 't, i.e. going to do it; as, ‘do this or that;’ the answer is—‘I am going to 't.’ 1856 G. H. Boker Widow's Marriage iv. iii, in Plays & Poems II. 191 Go to it boldly, Ruffler. 1952 C. Day Lewis tr. Virgil Aeneid ix. 188 How they went to it then! 1990 A. Duff Once were Warriors (1995) ii. 25 Yah! and now Moose is sticking his big nose in! Go to it, Moosie! < as lemmas |
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