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Collocation

put a plan into action

verb + noun phrase + prepositional phrase verb + noun phrase + prepositional phrase

to start doing a plan so it begins to happen in real life

put a plan into action: to start doing a plan so it begins to happen in real life

Definition

'put a plan into action' is a common English collocation. to start doing a plan so it begins to happen in real life

put + a plan + into action

“After months of discussion, the team finally put the plan into action.”

Examples

  • We need to put the plan into action before the busy season starts.
  • She put her plan into action the next morning and called every client on the list.
  • Once the budget was approved, the department put the plan into action immediately.
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  • If we do not put the plan into action now, we will miss our chance.
  • The mayor promised to put the plan into action within his first hundred days in office.
  • They had a solid strategy, but it was difficult to put the plan into action with so little staff.
  • After the trial run, the engineers were ready to put the revised plan into action.
  • The volunteers put the plan into action at dawn, setting up tables and directing visitors.