up and at 'em

Fig. up and taking action. Dad woke me at seven, saying, "Up and at'em!" It's six-thirty. Time for us to be 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.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Neith	-	Egyptian Mythology (Hellenized)
RÓRdÁN	-	Irish
Nadim	-	Arabic, Urdu
Eka (2)	-	Georgian
Reuben	ROO-bən (English)	Biblical, Hebrew, English
Chester	['tʃestə]