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hard at it

hard at it prepositional phrase: energetically engaged in or working on something; going at it.

Prepositional phrase

  1. Energetically engaged in or working on something; going at it.

Questions about hard at it

What does hard at it mean?
Hard at it means energetically engaged in or working on something; going at it.
What part of speech is hard at it?
Hard at it is a prepositional phrase.

Words near hard at it in the dictionary

  1. hard as Chinese arithmetic
  2. hard as iron
  3. hard as nails
  4. hard as the nether millstone
  5. hard ask
  6. hard at it
  7. hard at work
  8. hard atheism
  9. hard atheist
  10. hard atheists
  11. hard boil

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