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in action

active or working It was interesting to see the UN in action. They could make better ESL books if they observed students in action.

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in action

1. mod. healthy and getting around. After I got well, I was in action again immediately.

2. mod. selling or using drugs. (Drugs.) In this neighborhood, somebody is in action twenty-four hours a day.

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