in action

prep_phrase

Definitions

  1. In operation

    In operation; active.

    • Seeing a steam engine in action is increasingly rare.
    • After a month in hospital, the reporter is back in action.
  2. In combat.

    • He was wounded in action in his second tour.

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sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA