into action

idiom

: to an active state
They had already put the plan into action.

Examples of into action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The official said airport officials sprang into action and assisted the aircraft in touching down, while managing to remain on the runway. Saman Shafiq, USA TODAY, 8 May 2024 She was jolted into action by the isolation of the pandemic: Shanghai ordered its residents to stay in their apartments under lockdown for two months, and her world narrowed to the walls of her apartment. Alexandra Stevenson, New York Times, 6 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for into action 

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“Into action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20action. Accessed 29 May. 2024.

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