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See definition of take action on Dictionary.com
  • as instep in
  • as inwager

synonyms for take action

  • arrive
  • be invited
  • chip in
  • come
  • enter
  • intercede
  • interfere
  • intermediate
  • interpose
  • intervene
  • lend a hand
  • mediate
  • negotiate
  • gamble
  • put up
  • speculate
  • adventure
  • chance
  • game
  • hazard
  • hedge
  • hustle
  • lay
  • parlay
  • play
  • pledge
  • plunge
  • risk
  • set
  • shoot
  • spec
  • stake
  • venture
  • lay a wager
  • play the market
  • put on
  • put on the line
  • shoot the works
On this page you'll find 47 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to take action, such as: arrive, be invited, chip in, come, enter, and intercede.

antonyms for take action

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  • abandon
  • leave
  • ascend
  • rise
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How to use take action in a sentence

If they agree, the boards shall take action in accordance therewith.
CHURCH COOPERATION IN COMMUNITY LIFEPAUL L. VOGT
Of course Clemens would take action immediately; he telegraphed, enjoining the performance.
MARK TWAIN, A BIOGRAPHY, 1835-1910, COMPLETEALBERT BIGELOW PAINE
I knew I must take action of some kind, and not die there until the day found me cowering like a fox in the shelter of the woods.
IN HOSTILE REDJOSEPH ALTSHELER
He wanted us to take action, but he absolutely refused to go into the witness-box to give evidence.
THE GRELL MYSTERYFRANK FROEST
You yourselves must realize after hearing all sides that I can take action only after careful deliberation.
STILL JIMHONOR WILLSIE MORROW
After a heated debate the fiat went forth that Congress could not take action till 1808.
HISTORIC PAPERS ON THE CAUSES OF THE CIVIL WARMRS. EUGENIA DUNLAP POTTS
At this time they were deplorable, and Denis Quirk had compelled his fellow-councillors to take action.
GREY TOWNGERALD BALDWIN
We hope that, after this callous confession, Scotland Yard will now take action.
PUNCH, OR THE LONDON CHARIVARI, MAY 13, 1914VARIOUS
The law must take action to guard all children that the failure or folly of their parents do not fall too heavily upon them.
WOMEN'S WILD OATSC. GASQUOINE HARTLEY
Impelled to take action, Mr. Davis had not the courage to be frank.
A SHORT LIFE OF ABRAHAM LINCOLNJOHN G. NICOLAY
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OCTOBER 26, 1985
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WORDS RELATED TO TAKE ACTION

  • arrive
  • be invited
  • chip in
  • come
  • enter
  • intercede
  • interfere
  • intermediate
  • interpose
  • intervene
  • lend a hand
  • mediate
  • negotiate
  • take action
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.