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单词 to go at it
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to go at it
1. intransitive. To attack, make an attack upon; (also) to set about or deal with, esp. vigorously or enthusiastically. Also to go at it: to engage vigorously or enthusiastically in some specified or implied activity.
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the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > act or do vigorously [verb (intransitive)]
twig1573
to go at ——1675
to go it1794
to come it1796
to lay it on thick1806
to blaze away1826
bushwhack1837
steam1842
split1844
rustle1882
to work like a demon1884
yank1888
go-at-it1904
to go somea1911
to put a jerk in it1919
to go (also do) one's (also a) dinger1923
to work (etc.) one's ass off1924
to go to town1933
to gie (or give) it laldy1974
the world > action or operation > harm or detriment > hostile action or attack > make an attack upon [verb (transitive)] > attack (of animal)
to venture on (also uponc1528
bait1570
to go at ——1675
tack1720
to go for ——1838
sick1845
aggress1882
the world > action or operation > manner of action > vigour or energy > carry on vigorously [verb (transitive)] > apply oneself to vigorously
to stand to ——?a1400
to shove at1542
to fall upon ——1617
to work awaya1635
to fall aboard1642
to fall on ——1650
to go at ——1675
to pitch into ——1823
to lay into1880
to be (also go) at the ——1898
to sail in1936
1675 Accomplish'd Lady's Delight 233 If the Fisher-Man espye him [sc. the Salmon], he goeth at him with his Spear.
1761 Kept Mistress 58 Up they both jumped, and at it they went pell mell.
1820 Examiner No. 637. 403/1 Our..Orator went at it again, like a Titan refreshed.
1833 S. Smith Life & Writings Major Jack Downing lvii. 197 He..catched his cane and went at him.
1881 R. C. Praed Policy & Passion I. x. 204 I'm a plain-spoken man, and I go at a thing straight, without beating through the bush.
1887 P. Fendall Sex to Last I. i. x. 248 Selina went at her again for further information.
1888 B. Lowsley Gloss. Berks. Words & Phrases (at cited word) A labourer enquired in the morning, ‘What be I to go at to-daay?’
1912 Fabrics, Fancy Goods & Notions Mar. 61/2 I took a sheet of paper and went at it with the result given below.
1970 T. Williams Let. 15 Jan. in Five O'Clock Angel (1991) 223 My gentleman friend from Georgia..goes at the booze like it was half an hour before the return of Prohibition.
1994 J. Lydon et al. Rotten (1995) ii. 13 Lots of failed pregnancies. My parents must have been going at it like rabbits.
2005 G. Blunt Blackfly Season (2006) xxvii. 223 When he doesn't fall down, the guy goes at him with the bat.
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