Collocations for "action"
Common phrases and expressions where native English speakers use the word "action" in context.
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action
ⓘMost examples are given in US English. We have labeled exceptions as UK.n
- (swift) [military, legal] action
- [community, public] action
- [corrective, disciplinary, preventive] action
- [recommended, appropriate, proposed] action
- needs [immediate, swift, strong] action
- took legal action against him
- benefits from affirmative action
- no action was (ever) taken
- action is [required, necessary, needed]
- made an action to [hit him, run away]
- took action (in order) to [protect, prevent, ensure, improve]
- took action on behalf of
- took action against [smoking, piracy, terrorism]
- [jumped, spun, swung, leaped, sprang] into action
- example of [creativity, kindness, natural selection] in action
- was a [lot, ton] of action [at school, during the game, in the town]
- the [movie, story] has a [lot] of action
- lights, camera, action!
- was [jam-packed, packed, filled] with action
- an action of [aggression, war] (against)
- an action [movie, scene, man]
- likes to [play with, collect] action figures
- a class action lawsuit
- an action-packed [weekend, movie]
- (ordered) action stations
- (we will) action your [request]
- your [request, recommendation] has been actioned
- actioned [by the board, on request, swiftly]
'action' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
a piece
- adventure
- agenda
- aggressive
- appropriate
- ballot
- blueprint
- break
- call
- class
- comedy
- course
- crave
- currently
- decisive
- deliberate
- demand
- divorce
- draw
- dual
- employer
- empowerment
- executive
- explode
- failing
- figure
- fitness
- frantic
- genre
- immediate
- induce
- initiate
- intense
- intimate
- joint
- kill
- lag
- lawsuit
- legal
- live
- look
- lull
- major
- military
- mimic
- mindful
- mouth
- normal
- ordinary
- packaging