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.

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.

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Thibault	tee-BO	French
Sunniva	-	Norwegian
Fedde	FED-də	Frisian
Rasha	-	Arabic
Brown	[braun]
EsmÉE	es-MAY (Dutch)	English, Dutch