springs into action
springs into action is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spring into action.
Meaning of spring into action
Verb
spring into action (third-person singular simple present springs into action, present participle springing into action, simple past sprang into action, past participle sprung into action)
- To begin doing something or become active suddenly and very quickly.
- At once the two henchmen sprang into action. Fingers grabbed Frank by looping his arms under the boy’s. He scooped him off the floor. “Get off me!” screamed the boy as he struggled to get away.2017, David Walliams [pseudonym; David Edward Williams], Bad Dad, London: HarperCollins Children’s Books, →ISBN
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- Springs into action is the third-person singular simple present indicative of spring into action.
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