go at

[go at] {v.}

1. To start to fight with; attack.

* /The dog and the cat are going at each other again./

2. To make a beginning on; approach; tackle.

* /How are you going to go at the job of fixing the roof?/ Compare: START IN. Syn.: GO ABOUT(1).

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Source: A Dictionary of American Idioms


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