go (to) it
To act with a lot of energy and enthusiasm. Primarily heard in UK. We need to go to it and march for justice! Once I set out the paints, the kids went to it eagerly. I was starving, so, as soon as I had food in front of me, I went to it.
go to it
To begin a task, endeavor, job, etc., promptly and vigorously. Go to it, then, and make sure you have the report finished before lunch! The team went to it at once, hoping to have preliminary results ready in a fortnight. When I give you an assignment, it's not a suggestion—so go to it already!
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go to it
1. Lit. to start something actively; to do something with vigor. Time to play ball. Go to it! Let's go to it, you guys!
2. Inf. to fight. Come on, let's go to it! I'm gonna beat the daylights out of you!
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.