"go at it" meaning in English

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Verb

IPA: /ˌɡoʊ ˈæt ɪt/ [General-American] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Flame, not lame-go at it.wav Forms: goes at it [present, singular, third-person], going at it [participle, present], went at it [past], gone at it [participle, past]
Etymology: From go + at it or go at + it. Etymology templates: {{compound|en|go|at it}} go + at it, {{compound|en|go at|it}} go at + it Head templates: {{en-verb|go at<goes at,going at,went at,gone at> it}} go at it (third-person singular simple present goes at it, present participle going at it, simple past went at it, past participle gone at it)
  1. As go at + it; spoken emphasis typically on 'go'.
    Sense id: en-go_at_it-en-verb-BrlYVLme
  2. As go + at it; spoken emphasis typically on 'at'.
    (informal) To engage in some activity, especially vigorously or enthusiastically.
    Tags: informal
    Sense id: en-go_at_it-en-verb-Y2uGIrNa
  3. As go + at it; spoken emphasis typically on 'at'.
    (slang, intransitive) To fight.
    Tags: intransitive, slang Synonyms: get into it, mix it up, throw down, let someone have it
    Sense id: en-go_at_it-en-verb-mvVcKSu7
  4. As go + at it; spoken emphasis typically on 'at'.
    (slang, euphemistic, intransitive) To have sex.
    Tags: euphemistic, intransitive, slang
    Sense id: en-go_at_it-en-verb-luugFJXi Categories (other): English euphemisms, English entries with incorrect language header, English phrasal verbs formed with "at", English terms with placeholder "it", Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Sex Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 6 28 5 61 Disambiguation of English phrasal verbs formed with "at": 12 20 10 58 Disambiguation of English terms with placeholder "it": 13 21 11 56 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 8 28 6 59 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 6 26 5 62 Disambiguation of Sex: 1 1 1 96 Synonyms: do it, get it on, Formal terms, approach [archaic, euphemistic], cohabit [archaic], company [obsolete], copulate, couple, engage in sex, exchange flesh [euphemistic], have intimate relations, have marital relations [euphemistic], have sex, have sexual relations, intercourse, know, know someone in the biblical sense, make love [euphemistic], mate, share a bed [euphemistic], sleep together [euphemistic], strain [obsolete], Informal and slang terms, bang, bauf [rare], beat [UK], bone, boff, boink, bonk, bop, bounce [African-American-Vernacular-English], breed, bump nasties, bump uglies, catch a dick, dance [euphemistic], discuss Uganda [UK, euphemistic, humorous], dip one's pen in someone's inkwell [euphemistic], do it [euphemistic], do the deed [euphemistic], do the nasty [euphemistic], eff [euphemistic], engender [obsolete], expletive deleted [euphemistic, humorous, rare], feck [Ireland, euphemistic], frack [euphemistic], frak [euphemistic], frick [euphemistic], frig [euphemistic], fuck, get busy, get down, get freaky, get it [euphemistic], get it on, get jiggy, get laid, get lucky, get one's dick wet, get one's end away, get one's freak on [US, idiomatic], get one's groove on, get one's leg over [UK], get one's oats, get physical, get some [US, euphemistic], get the dirty water off one's chest [UK, idiomatic], graft the forked tree [obsolete, rare], go all the way [euphemistic], haul one's ashes [euphemistic], have it away, have it off, hide the salami [euphemistic], hide the sausage [euphemistic], hide the wienie [euphemistic], hike the Appalachian Trail [US, euphemistic, humorous], hook up, hump, jig-jig, knock boots, lay pipe, lay the pipe, make it [idiomatic], make out, make the beast with two backs, make whoopee, meddle [US, dialectal], ming [obsolete], Netflix and chill [euphemistic], penetrate, pipe down, play, play hide the sausage, rail, ride, rock and roll [US, dated, euphemistic], roger, roll around, root, screw, see someone's etchings [euphemistic], sex [US], shag, shelve [Wales], show someone one's etchings [euphemistic], slap bellies, stick [US], tumble

Inflected forms

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          "word": "do the deed"
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          "word": "do the nasty"
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          "word": "eff"
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          "word": "engender"
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          "word": "feck"
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          "word": "frack"
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          "word": "frak"
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        {
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          "word": "frick"
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        {
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          "word": "frig"
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        {
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          "word": "fuck"
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        {
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          "word": "get busy"
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        {
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          "word": "get down"
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        {
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          "word": "get freaky"
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        {
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          "word": "get it"
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          "word": "get it on"
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        {
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          "word": "get jiggy"
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        {
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          "word": "get laid"
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        {
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          "word": "get lucky"
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        {
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          "word": "get one's dick wet"
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        {
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          "word": "get one's end away"
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          "word": "get one's freak on"
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          "word": "get one's groove on"
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          "word": "get one's leg over"
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          "word": "get physical"
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          "word": "get some"
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          "word": "get the dirty water off one's chest"
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          "tags": [
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          "word": "graft the forked tree"
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          "word": "go all the way"
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          "word": "haul one's ashes"
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          "word": "have it away"
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          "word": "have it off"
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          "word": "hide the salami"
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          "word": "hide the sausage"
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          "word": "hide the wienie"
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          "word": "hike the Appalachian Trail"
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          "word": "hump"
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          "word": "jig-jig"
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          "word": "knock boots"
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          "word": "lay pipe"
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          "word": "lay the pipe"
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        {
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          "word": "make it"
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        {
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          "word": "make out"
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        {
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          "word": "make the beast with two backs"
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          "word": "make whoopee"
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          "word": "meddle"
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          "word": "ming"
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          "word": "Netflix and chill"
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          "word": "penetrate"
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          "word": "pipe down"
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          "word": "play"
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        {
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          "word": "play hide the sausage"
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        {
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          "word": "rail"
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          "word": "ride"
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          "word": "rock and roll"
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          "word": "roger"
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        {
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          "word": "roll around"
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          "word": "root"
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          "word": "screw"
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        {
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          "word": "see someone's etchings"
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          "word": "sex"
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          "word": "shelve"
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          "word": "show someone one's etchings"
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          "word": "slap bellies"
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          "word": "stick"
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