to action
- verb
- /ˈækʃən/
- Formal
- After careful consideration, the legal team chose to action a case against the firm for breach of contract.
Examples
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The company decided to action a lawsuit against the negligent manufacturer to protect their rights.
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The group plans to action a complaint in court regarding the unfair treatment of employees.
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Donald Trump junior texted again and again urging action by the president.
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Donald Trump junior texted again and again urging action by the president.
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Now HP is also the target of a class action lawsuit for its practices.
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No class action lawsuits for gold and silver manipulation.
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Elon goes as far as saying X will file legal actions to potentially stop George Soros.
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So the law firm Hagen's Berman has filed a class action lawsuit against Samsung, Micron and Hynix.
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So HBS Law is now filing a class action lawsuit against Micron, Samsung and SK Hynix.
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Let me find this YouTube creator suing for scraping YouTube files, Class action lawsuit over open AIS scrape of creator transcripts.
Synonyms
To take someone to court to ask for money
To begin legal action against someone in court
To start legal action by giving a complaint to a court
Take a disagreement to court so a judge can decide it
To start a court case against someone by suing them
Idioms
Phrasal Verbs
Compounds
A plan to help groups treated unfairly get more chances in education or work
- Specialized
A lawsuit brought by some people for a larger group with similar claims
A group that raises and spends money to support political candidates or causes
- Jargon
A protest where people act directly, for example by blocking a road or factory, to reach their goals
A lawsuit started by one or more people for many others with the same problem
A quick movement your body makes without thinking, for example pulling your hand from something hot
- Formal
A planned effort to change life in a community or improve people's living conditions
- Specialized
Movement of liquid up thin tubes or spaces, like water rising in a plant stem
- Specialized
A quick change in electric charge across a cell membrane that carries a signal along nerve or muscle cells
- Specialized
A style of abstract painting where the artist moves and applies paint in big, energetic movements
- Specialized
Every push or pull makes an equal force in the opposite direction
- Specialized
A sliding lever on a shotgun or rifle that loads a new round when you move it back and forth
- Formal
Someone directly involved in a court case, as plaintiff or defendant
- Specialized
A process in which substances change into new substances, for example rusting or cooking
- Specialized
The mechanical part of a device that makes parts move, like in a piano or toy
- Specialized
The speed of a chemical reaction depends on the amounts of the substances that react
- Specialized
A theory that large areas of the brain work together for complex tasks
- Specialized
The levers and parts inside a piano that make hammers hit strings when you press a key
- Specialized
A part of a shotgun you move back and forth to eject and load shells for the next shot
How Serious
Surface Forms
Etymology
Action as a verb comes from the old Latin agere 'to do' and from the legal noun action, so to action someone in court means to 'do' the legal step and start a court case.