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swing into action

swing into action verb: to begin a task or activity with vigour.

Verb

swing into action (third-person singular simple present swings into action, present participle swinging into action, simple past and past participle swung into action)

  1. To begin a task or activity with vigour.
    • The train arrives from the south at approximately 0830, and the terminal's electric, rubber-tyred gantry crane swings into action, removing the empty containers and loading full ones in their place.2023 December 27, Richard Foster, “New rail freight terminal leads the way”, in RAIL, number 999, pages 39-40

Forms of swing into action

third-person singular presentswings into action
present participleswinging into action
past participleswung into action
pastswung into action

Questions about swing into action

What does swing into action mean?
Swing into action means to begin a task or activity with vigour.
What part of speech is swing into action?
Swing into action is a verb.
What is the past tense of swing into action?
The past tense of swing into action is swung into action.

Words near swing into action in the dictionary

  1. swing gang
  2. swing gangs
  3. swing gate
  4. swing handle
  5. swing handles
  6. swing into action
  7. swing loan
  8. swing loans
  9. swing motion
  10. swing motions
  11. swing of things

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