in action

See also:inaction

English

Prepositional phrase

inaction

1. Inoperation;active.

   Synonyms:at play,at work;see alsoThesaurus:in action

   Seeing a steam enginein actionis increasingly rare.

   After a month in hospital, the reporter is backin action.

2. Incombat.

   Synonyms:at war,in arms,in country

   He was woundedin actionin his second tour.

Derived terms

• chose in action
• killed in action
• lost in action
• missing in action
• thing in action

Anagrams

• aconitin,intonaci,nicotian