take action
verbverified·updated Jun 3, 2026
To do something official in order to achieve an objective or handle a problem.
MWEFFIEC IT Examination Handbook - Audit, April 2012
Classifications
Cognitive
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Responsibility
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Automation
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Variants
- synonym
- take appropriate and timely action
- pasttense
- took action
- presentparticiple
- taking action
- thirdpersonsingular
- takes action
- pastparticiple
- taken action