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Meaning: (idiomatic)Vigorouslylaunchedor launching into an activity.1945November 12, “Sport: Stretch Drive”, inTime, retrieved29 May 2015:At 41, Jockey Richards was stillup and at 'emlast week, and his wrists and knees were still persuasive enough to boot home the winner in Newmarket's Icklingham Stakes.2002September 15,Simon Schama, “A Whiff of Dread for the Land of Hope”, inNew York Times, retrieved29 May 2015:[O]nly two alternative responses seem available: irrepressibleup-and-at-'emchirpiness or apocalyptic hysteria.2011September 9, Andrea Sachs, “Bed Check: Mountain dreamin’ in W. Va.”, inWashington Post, retrieved29 May 2015:I padded downstairs to find everyoneup and at 'em, their day leaps ahead of mine.2013November 18, Stephen Brenkley, “Peter Siddle hungry to leave some banana skins in England's path”, inIndependent, UK, retrieved29 May 2015:Siddle is the sort ofup-and-at-'em, tearaway fast bowler whom you imagine to train on raw red meat while running over a bed of hot coals.
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