into action

idiom

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

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The Augmented Future The future of sales and revenue operations hinges on swiftly converting insight into action. Leslie Lee, Forbes.com, 21 July 2025 Students in the youth circus school will perform a few-minute scene, flipping and juggling and dancing, then the adults spring into action. Jared Kaufman, Twin Cities, 20 July 2025 That’s where Janet comes in, poking and prodding the cast into action and making the show better. Tom Smyth, Vulture, 16 July 2025 The second part of the double-retraction equation, of course, is the knife blade itself, which springs into action at the flick of the flipper on the upper spine. New Atlas, 14 July 2025 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 25 Jul. 2025.

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