While you’re/I’m etc. at it

phrase

Suggests that someone should do something else while they are engaged in the current activity, often because it is convenient.

Could you please grab me a soda from the kitchen? And while you’re at it, could you also make some popcorn?

Idiomatic, Colloquial

phrase

Could you please grab me a soda from the kitchen? And while you’re at it, could you also make some popcorn?

Idiomatic, Colloquial

Definition 1 of 1

Pro Tip 1/3

Use this phrase to suggest an additional action that can be easily done at the same time.

Since you're going to the post office, while you're at it, could you mail this letter for me?

Pro Tip 2/3

It indicates doing something extra because it requires little effort or deviation from what's already being done.

I'm going to wash the car; while I'm at it, I might as well clean the bike too.

Pro Tip 3/3

This phrase is common in casual conversation but may be too informal for formal writing or speeches.

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