take action against

take action against someone or something

to begin activity against someone or something. The city council vowed to take action against the mayor. I will take action against the company for its negligence.

Common Names:

Name	Pronounced	Usage
Precious	PRESH-əs	English (Modern)
Comhghall	-	Irish
Sergio	SER-jo (Italian), SER-khyo (Spanish)	Italian, Spanish
Vida (2)	-	Slovene
Antonina	ahn-taw-NEE-nah (Polish), ahn-tah-NEE-nah (Russian)	Italian, Polish, Russian, Ancient Roman
Emem	-	Western African, Ibibio