take action

English

Verb

take action (third-person singular simple present takes action, present participle taking action, simple past took action, past participle taken action)

To act; to act positively and decisively to resolve a problem.

Translations

to act, especially decisively

Chinese:
Mandarin: 採取行動／采取行动 (cǎiqǔ xíngdòng)
Danish: please add this translation if you can
Finnish: toimia (fi), ryhtyä toimenpiteisiin
French: passer à l’acte (fr)
Hungarian: cselekszik (hu), intézkedik (hu), fellép (hu), közbelép (hu), akcióba lép
Italian: intervenire (it), prendere provvedimenti, passare all'azione
Norwegian: aksjonere (no)
Spanish: tirar por la calle de en medio (colloquial)

See also

Appendix:Collocations of do, have, make, and take

References

“take action”, in OneLook Dictionary Search.

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