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 What may have kicked the bond market into action: Selling prices jumped. Eric Wallerstein, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2023 As the teen suspect tried to elude law enforcement officers in the home-side bleachers, Hueytown assistant coach Chandler Byram sprang into action. Howard Koplowitz | Hkoplowitz@al.com, al, 15 Sep. 2023 Pragmatic conservatives were rankled into action Wednesday after a small group of far-right colleagues refused to support a basic procedural hurdle to begin consideration of a bill funding the Defense Department for a full fiscal year. Marianna Sotomayor, Leigh Ann Caldwell, Amy B Wang, Jacqueline Alemany, The Washington Post, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Sep. 2023 But she’s snapped into action when her father-in-law, Philippe (Ben Miles), reveals plans to sell his late son’s vineyards to Claude Möet. Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2023 And that’s where Van Ord, who had accompanied him on the expedition, sprang into action. Anna Lazarus Caplan, Peoplemag, 14 Sep. 2023 The noise woke her daughter, who sprung into action and wrapped her brother in soaking-wet towels. Eshaan Sarup, The Arizona Republic, 9 Sep. 2023 And resellers, scalpers and scammers went into action. Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Aug. 2023 Facing the powerful hurricane, however, the governor sprang into action, as many Florida governors have done. Nicholas Nehamas, BostonGlobe.com, 2 Sep. 2023 See More

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“Into action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/into%20action. Accessed 23 Sep. 2023.

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