on it

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: actively dealing with a problem, job, etc.
"We need to get this paperwork done." "Don't worry; I'm on it."

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Of the 51 analysts covering the stock, 48 have a buy or strong buy rating on it, LSEG data shows. — Liz Napolitano, CNBC, 27 Oct. 2026 Lois lifted the lanyard and showed him the badge with her name on it. — Madeline Ffitch, Harpers Magazine, 27 Oct. 2026 Modeling Without Watching If tracking every individual’s data isn’t reliable anymore, the industry’s answer shouldn’t be to fix tracking, but to stop depending on it. — Ivan Guzenko, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026 But in 2000, during a Passover Seder at the Fontainebleau hotel in Miami Beach, Charles and Murray clashed over a plan to buy another firm for more than a billion dollars; the deal had collapsed when Murray refused to sign off on it. — Lauren Collins, New Yorker, 26 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for on it

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“On it.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20it. Accessed 28 Oct. 2026.

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