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took action

took action is the simple past of take action.

Meaning of take action

Verb

take action (third-person singular simple present takes action, present participle taking action, simple past took action, past participle taken action)

  1. To act; to act positively and decisively to resolve a problem.
    • We must take action on this issue immediately.

Questions about took action

What is took action the simple past of?
Took action is the simple past of take action.

Words near took action in the dictionary

  1. took a wizz
  2. took a wrong turn at Albuquerque
  3. took aback
  4. took account of
  5. took across
  6. took action
  7. took advantage of
  8. took after
  9. took against
  10. took aim
  11. took air

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