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

In World War II, freighters and tankers often ferried PT boats into action, but still, even with a functional Panama Canal, the Navy needed to allocate a month and a half for larger ships to shuttle PT boats from Panama to the contested waters off Guadalcanal. —Craig Hooper, Forbes.com, 14 Aug. 2025

Wendy and her fellow hybrids snap into action when a spaceship crash-lands on Earth, endangering Wendy’s brother Joe and unleashing not just the classic xenomorph but a host of other deadly species. —Dave Nemetz, TVLine, 6 Aug. 2025

In fact, the island would need to rush into action even in the face of a lesser crisis. —Lev Nachman, Foreign Affairs, 1 Aug. 2025

When witnessing the kitten's subway ride in real life, Mercado felt the same disbelief as most of the passengers, but then quickly snapped into action and took the kitten into her arms. —Moná Thomas, People.com, 30 July 2025

Rhymes for into action

• benefaction
• counteraction
• interaction
• liquefaction
• putrefaction
• rarefaction
• satisfaction
• stupefaction
• tumefaction
• abstraction
• attraction
• compaction