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

The 23-year-old made his NHL debut last season, and is likely to see action in 2026-27. — Jesse Granger, New York Times, 6 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

Utility players Caigan Crabtree, Drea Wilson and Megan Wallace could see spot duty and Hannah Wells may see action at the plate and in the pitcher’s circle. — Thomas Jones, Austin American Statesman, 6 Feb. 2026

Rhymes for see action

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