see action

phrase

: to fight in a battle

His unit first saw action on June 20th.

Examples of see action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Danniel Flowers started as a junior but also could see action as a receiver this season. — Eric Sondheimer, Los Angeles Times, 3 Aug. 2026

For the coming season, there are over a dozen players who could see action as rookies, but almost all opportunities will come due to injury or veterans hitting a wall. — Allan Mitchell, New York Times, 26 July 2026

On Tuesday, Musa could see action again when Croatia faces Brazil, also in Orlando. — Abraham Nudelstejer, Dallas Morning News, 31 Mar. 2026

Friday night, Erik Spoelstra saw his greatest hope in Simone Fontecchio and Dru Smith, so therefore more of them than Nikola Jovic and Kasparas Jakucionis, who did not see action. — Ira Winderman, Sun Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for see action

• abstraction
• attraction
• compaction
• contraction
• detraction
• diffraction
• distraction
• exaction
• extraction
• impaction
• inaction
• infraction