"take action" meaning in English

See take action in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

Forms: takes action [present, singular, third-person], taking action [participle, present], took action [past], taken action [participle, past]
Head templates: {{en-verb|take<,,took,taken> action}} take action (third-person singular simple present takes action, present participle taking action, simple past took action, past participle taken action)
  1. To act; to act positively and decisively to resolve a problem. Translations (to act, especially decisively): 採取行動 (Chinese Mandarin), 采取行动 (cǎiqǔ xíngdòng) (Chinese Mandarin), toimia (Finnish), ryhtyä toimenpiteisiin (Finnish), passer à l’acte (French), cselekszik (Hungarian), intézkedik (Hungarian), fellép (Hungarian), közbelép (Hungarian), akcióba lép (Hungarian), intervenire (Italian), prendere provvedimenti (Italian), passare all'azione (Italian), aksjonere (Norwegian), tirar por la calle de en medio [colloquial] (Spanish)

Inflected forms

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          "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
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          "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
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          "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
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          "code": "hu",
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          "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
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      "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
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      "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
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      "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
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      "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
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      "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
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      "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
      "word": "intervenire"
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      "word": "passare all'azione"
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      "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
      "word": "aksjonere"
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      "sense": "to act, especially decisively",
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