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acted upon

acted upon is the simple past and past participle of act upon.

Meaning of act upon

Verb

act upon (third-person singular simple present acts upon, present participle acting upon, simple past and past participle acted upon)

  1. To take action on the basis of information received or deduced.
    • The policeman decided to act upon the informant's phone call.

Questions about acted upon

What is acted upon the simple past and past participle of?
Acted upon is the simple past and past participle of act upon.

Words near acted upon in the dictionary

  1. acted the hypocrite
  2. acted the jennet
  3. acted the jinnet
  4. acted the maggot
  5. acted up
  6. acted upon
  7. acted-out
  8. actedron
  9. actedst
  10. acteme
  11. actemes

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