leap into action

idiom

: to act immediately
They leaped into action when the fire alarm sounded.

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Southern California's 211 network later would leap into action in a similar way, assisting thousands of evacuees from the Pacific Palisades, Altadena and Pasadena neighborhoods of Los Angeles find emergency housing, financial aid and community resources as their communities burned to the ground. — Karissa Waddick, USA TODAY, 28 Feb. 2025 Are the cheese hose guys just standing by outside, waiting to leap into action? — Wesley Stenzel, EW.com, 14 Feb. 2025 The overall financial crisis forced central banks around the world to leap into action to protect their national economies from a tide of pending bankruptcies. — Justin Guay, Foreign Affairs, 3 July 2020 Luckily, the boy’s protectors were able to leap into action in time to save him. — Charlie Mason, TVLine, 13 Oct. 2024 See All Example Sentences for leap into action

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“Leap into action.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/leap%20into%20action. Accessed 30 Mar. 2025.

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