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sprung into action

sprung into action is the past participle 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)

  1. 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

Questions about sprung into action

What is sprung into action the past participle of?
Sprung into action is the past participle of spring into action.

Words near sprung into action in the dictionary

  1. spruits
  2. sprummer
  3. sprung
  4. sprung back
  5. sprung for
  6. sprung into action
  7. sprung out
  8. sprung rhyme
  9. sprung rhymes
  10. sprung to life
  11. sprung to mind

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