"secondary action" meaning in English

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Noun

Forms: secondary actions [plural]
Head templates: {{en-noun|~}} secondary action (countable and uncountable, plural secondary actions)
  1. Industrial action taken by workers who are not involved in a dispute, to show solidarity with those who are involved. Tags: countable, uncountable Hyponyms: sympathy strike
    Sense id: en-secondary_action-en-noun-3CHj7jF8 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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