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up and at 'em

phrase

Definitions

  1. Vigorously launched or launching into an activity.

    • At 41, Jockey Richards was still up and at 'em last week, and his wrists and knees were still persuasive enough to boot home the winner in Newmarket's Icklingham Stakes.
    • [O]nly two alternative responses seem available: irrepressible up-and-at-'em chirpiness or apocalyptic hysteria.
    • I padded downstairs to find everyone up and at 'em, their day leaps ahead of mine.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA