have at
Verb
Meaning
(transitive, idiomatic, archaic) To attack; to engage in combat with.
(transitive, figuratively) To take on; to begin dealing with.
A huge dish of food was served, and we had at it.
Synonyms
Examples
Under the pressure of the cares and sorrows of our mortal condition, men have at all times, and in all countries, called in some physical aid to their moral consolations - wine, beer, opium, brandy, or tobacco.
People who are more than casually interested in computers should have at least some idea of what the underlying hardware is like. Otherwise the programs they write will be pretty weird.
It is impossible for any Sherlock Holmes story not to have at least one marvelous scene.
If it looks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, we have at least to consider the possibility that we have a small aquatic bird of the family anatidae on our hands.
Most readers, then and now, have at some time experienced the humiliation of being told that their occupation is reprehensible.
What is the use for a man to have at his disposal a large field of action, if within himself he remains confine to the narrow limits of his individuality.