"at it" meaning in English

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      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "go at it"
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          "ref": "1893, Edwin H Porter, The Fall River Tragedy",
          "text": "We were at it until three o'clock in the morning.",
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      "glosses": [
        "Occupied with a given activity; busy with something."
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      "links": [
        [
          "Occupied",
          "occupied"
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          "busy",
          "busy"
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      "translations": [
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
          "word": "bezig"
        },
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
          "word": "asialla"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
          "word": "dabei"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
          "word": "zajęty"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "za étim",
          "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
          "word": "за э́тим"
        },
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          "_dis1": "90 10",
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          "roman": "pri étom",
          "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
          "word": "при э́том"
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          "text": "I came home early and caught them at it in the front room.",
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        {
          "ref": "1977, Buzzcocks (lyrics and music), “Orgasm Addict”",
          "text": "He's always at it\nYou're always at it\n'Cause you're an orgasm addict\nWe're all orgasm addicts",
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        "Engaged in sexual intercourse or other sexual activity."
      ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈat ɪt/",
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        "Received-Pronunciation"
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    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈæt ɪt/",
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        "General-American"
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      "ipa": "[ˈæɾɪt̚]",
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        "General-American"
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  "word": "at it"
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      "word": "go at it"
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          "text": "We were at it until three o'clock in the morning.",
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        "Occupied with a given activity; busy with something."
      ],
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          "text": "He's always at it\nYou're always at it\n'Cause you're an orgasm addict\nWe're all orgasm addicts",
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      ],
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        "Engaged in sexual intercourse or other sexual activity."
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      "ipa": "[ˈæɾɪt̚]",
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      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
      "word": "bezig"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
      "word": "asialla"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
      "word": "dabei"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
      "word": "zajęty"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "za étim",
      "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
      "word": "за э́тим"
    },
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      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "pri étom",
      "sense": "in the middle of a given activity",
      "word": "при э́том"
    }
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  "word": "at it"
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