take legal action

idiom

: to do start a lawsuit against someone : to sue someone

Examples of take legal action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

That includes paying off a separate $636,945 claim from the state of California, which LaVergne said would have to take legal action if the state wants to collect. —Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 16 Nov. 2025

Granting personhood to natural resources, such as rivers, allows people or parties to take legal action to protect them. —Debra Utacia Krol, AZCentral.com, 10 Nov. 2025

One senior figure said Croxall should take legal action against her employer. —Jake Kanter, Deadline, 7 Nov. 2025

During a special meeting Monday, trustees voted 4-1 to pay substitute teachers $550 per day if staff strike and to allow the superintendent to take legal action to stop the strike if the board is unable to meet within 24 hours to vote in favor of that action itself. —Sierra Lopez, Mercury News, 19 Oct. 2025

Rhymes for take legal action

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