called into action
idiom
: asked to start working or doing a particular task
As a doctor, she can be called into action at any time of the day.
Our military unit was called into action at the start of the war.
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The rookie center, called into action early in the first quarter, swished his first three-point attempt of the season from the right corner to give Dallas a 13-11 lead midway through the first period.
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Ben Golliver, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
Much of the movie is spent with Dalton fighting assorted henchmen working for a real-estate developer who wants the waterfront property Frankie’s bar sits on, but the stakes jump dramatically when the movie’s psychopathic big bad, played by UFC star Conor McGregor, gets called into action.
—Marco Grob, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
Luis Matos is up, too — called into action after Conforto and Austin Slater were sidelined over the weekend.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Gael García Bernal stars in the true story of gay lucha libre wrestler Cassandro, and Megan Fox and 50 Cent get called into action for The Expandables 4.
—Gerrad Hall and Calie Schepp, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2023
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Ben Golliver, Washington Post, 15 June 2024
Much of the movie is spent with Dalton fighting assorted henchmen working for a real-estate developer who wants the waterfront property Frankie’s bar sits on, but the stakes jump dramatically when the movie’s psychopathic big bad, played by UFC star Conor McGregor, gets called into action.
—Marco Grob, Vulture, 22 Mar. 2024
Luis Matos is up, too — called into action after Conforto and Austin Slater were sidelined over the weekend.
—Dieter Kurtenbach, The Mercury News, 13 May 2024
Gael García Bernal stars in the true story of gay lucha libre wrestler Cassandro, and Megan Fox and 50 Cent get called into action for The Expandables 4.
—Gerrad Hall and Calie Schepp, EW.com, 18 Sep. 2023
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“Called into action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/called%20into%20action. Accessed 27 Jul. 2024.
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