Collocation
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.