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What does "go at" mean?
Attack, especially with energy; also, proceed vigorously. For example, The dog went at the postman's legs, or Tom went at the woodpile, chopping away. This idiom is sometimes put as
go at it, as in When the audience had settled down, the lecturer went at it with renewed vigor. [First half of 1800s]
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