take action
idiom
: to do something : to act in order to get a particular result
The committee is ready to take action.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu demanded that Western countries immediately take action to battle antisemitism and ensure the safety of Jews around the globe.
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Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Last spring, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg urged companies that sell 3D printers to take action in stemming the flow of these guns into the city.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 17 Dec. 2025
Randy, whose family moved from Guyana to the United States in 2006, decided to take action.
—Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
Cydnee Bence, counsel for the PETA Foundation, told The Star that at least one person submitted a complaint online about seeing a spider monkey out in public in Prairie Village, which prompted the nonprofit to take action.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
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Alex Nitzberg, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
Last spring, Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg urged companies that sell 3D printers to take action in stemming the flow of these guns into the city.
—Meg Anderson, NPR, 17 Dec. 2025
Randy, whose family moved from Guyana to the United States in 2006, decided to take action.
—Miami Herald, 16 Dec. 2025
Cydnee Bence, counsel for the PETA Foundation, told The Star that at least one person submitted a complaint online about seeing a spider monkey out in public in Prairie Village, which prompted the nonprofit to take action.
—Taylor O'Connor, Kansas City Star, 16 Dec. 2025
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“Take action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/take%20action. Accessed 20 Dec. 2025.
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