into action

into action
into action
: to an active state

They had already put the plan into action. [=started using the plan]

Firefighters are ready to leap/spring/swing into action [=quickly start working] at a moment's notice.

◇ When people or things are called into action, they are asked to start working or doing a particular task.

As a doctor, she can be called into action at any time of the day.

Our military unit was called into action at the start of the war.

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Main Entry:action

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into ˈaction idiom
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.

Main entry:actionidiom

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