going at

Verb

go at (third-person singular simple present goes at, present participle going at, simple past went at, past participle gone at)

1. Used other than figuratively or idiomatically: see go, at.
2. To try to solve a problem a specific way; to undertake a task.
   • I went at the issue for hours but could not come up with a way around it.
3. To initiate an attack on or an argument with.