Meaning of up and at 'em | Babel Free

Definitions

Vigorously launched or launching into an activity.

idiomatic, slang

Examples

“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.”

“Siddle is the sort of up-and-at-'em, tearaway fast bowler whom you imagine to train on raw red meat while running over a bed of hot coals.”

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