into action

Meaning

1. if you put an idea or a plan into action, you start making it happen or work

   The new plan for traffic control is being put into action on an experimental basis.

In the movies · 3

• There was such a thing as belief put into action in those days.Slacker1990
• "calls into action the will, "perfects the physical constitution,Saving Private Ryan1998
• You wouldn't care to translate that feeling into action, would you?The Mark of Zorro1940
• That's my cue to put Operation Shang into action.Mulan II2004
• Their murder shocked the wealthy and the powerful into action.Batman Begins2005
• Action, action, action!The Fall Guy2024
• "In action like an angel."Coraline2009
• The man of action.The Wind That Shakes the Barley2006

Learn it in full scenes

• Slacker1990
  • The Dreamer Explains His Reality Theory
  • A Man Dictates The Gambler
  • The Moon Landing Was a Cover-Up

From the same entry

• actions speak louder than words
• in action
• out of action
• a piece of the action
• take evasive action
• spring into action
• swing into action