come it—(sl.)
1. succeed in doing smth.; attain one’s purpose:
- I meant to pay him last week but I couldn’t come it.
2. do smth.; perform one’s part:
- I can come it pretty well—nobody better, perhaps, in my own line.
3. perpetrate smth. illicit or criminal:
- I told the prisoner if she came it any more, I certainly would lock her up.
go it—(coll.) act more vigorous than is usual:
- She was really going it today—she did more work than she did during the whole of last week.
Note:
a) The expression does not correlate in meaning with the phrase go it alone—act independently:
- He quit working for the company and decided to go it alone as a consultant, instead.
b) Neither expression correlates in meaning with the phrase run it—(UK) used of a vessel which in time of war does not sail with convoy:
- The only merchant-ship bound to England is so well armed as to be able to run it.