Collocation
take action
to do something in response to a situation, especially to fix a problem or achieve a goal
Definition
'take action' is a common English collocation. to do something in response to a situation, especially to fix a problem or achieve a goal
take + action
“The company decided to take action after repeated customer complaints.”
Examples
- We need to take action before the situation gets worse.
- The school took action to stop bullying in the hallways.
- If you see smoke, take action and call emergency services immediately.
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- Local officials are under pressure to take action on air pollution.
- The charity is taking action to provide clean water in remote villages.
- Customers threatened to leave unless the company took action on the delays.
- The regulator will take action against firms that break the rules.
- She finally took action by reporting the fraud to the bank.
- Unless decisive action is taken soon, the project will fail.
More verb + nouns
- make progress to improve or move forward toward a goal over time
- start work to begin working, especially at a job or on a task
- make money to earn money; to generate a profit or income
- make a request to ask formally for something, especially through an official process
- do business to conduct commercial activity; to buy, sell, or work with another company professionally