up and at 'em イディオム
up and at 'em
up and at 'em Get going, get busy, as in
Up and at 'em—there's a lot of work to be done. This colloquial idiom, often uttered as a command, uses
at 'em (for “at them”) in the general sense of tackling a project, and not in reference to specific persons.
up and at 'em
1. Promptly alive and accessible to alpha the day's activities. A chatty abridgement of "up and at them." We accept to be up and at 'em by 7 AM tomorrow morning if we appetite to fit in aggregate we accept planned. I've consistently adopted to go to bed aboriginal so I can be up and at 'em aboriginal affair in the morning.2. Wake up, get out of bed, and alpha your day! Up and at 'em, asleep head! You've got a alive morning, so you'd bigger get a move on.Learn more: and, upup and at 'em
Fig. up and demography action. Dad woke me at seven, saying, "Up and at'em!" It's six-thirty. Time for us to be up and at 'em.Learn more: and, upup and at 'em
Get going, get busy, as in Up and at 'em-there's a lot of assignment to be done. This chatty idiom, generally accurate as a command, uses at 'em (for "at them") in the accepted faculty of arrest a project, and not in advertence to specific persons. Learn more: and, upup an’ Adam
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and up an’ at ’em and up an’ Adam phr. to get up and go at bodies or things; to get alive and get busy. (Adam is a [purposeful] confounding of at ’em.) Up and Adam! The sun is shining. Learn more: and, upup and at 'em
Get going, become active. This interjection, from the backward 1800s, is a affectionate of wake-up call. The at ’em, for “at them,” does not accredit to any accurate individuals but rather is acclimated in the accepted faculty of arrest some assignment or adventure an activity. For example, “We alone accept a anniversary to address the budget, so up and at ’em, fellows.”Learn more: and, up