take action

idiom

: to do something : to act in order to get a particular result

The committee is ready to take action.

Examples of take action in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web As the Kansas City Chiefs weigh their future in the region, Kansas lawmakers are poised to take action in less than two weeks to attract the Super Bowl-winning team across state lines. —

Kacen Bayless, Kansas City Star, 5 June 2024 Those living in areas prone to flooding should be prepared to take action should flooding develop. —

Star-Telegram Bot, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 June 2024 The World Anti-Doping Agency declined to take action. —

Elaine Quijano, CBS News, 2 June 2024 Read More Fixing Social Security: A small tax increase would make the essential national retirement program secure for decades, our columnist says, but lawmakers would have to take action. —

Peter Baker, New York Times, 2 June 2024 Governments are being forced to take action, from the Italian lagoon city of Venice to the coastal communities of New Zealand. —

Matías Delacroix and Juan Zamorano, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 June 2024 Health department spokesperson Lindsay Hammes said investigators decide not to take action for a variety of reasons, including because a facility has already moved to correct the underlying issue. —

Rose Lundy, ProPublica, 28 May 2024 Mars will also be entering your sign on June 9, empowering you to take action and assert your desires with confidence. —

Valerie Mesa, Peoplemag, 21 May 2024 But Olea’s neighbor is one of many other adults who observed the coach behaving inappropriately with young girls and did not intervene or otherwise take action. —

Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 21 May 2024

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