spring into/to action/life
idiom
: to become suddenly very active and energetic
They sprang into action as soon as they received their orders.
The crowd sprang to life after the first goal was scored.
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Inevitably, though, a crisis comes charging in, forcing Ellie and Joel to spring into action at devastating personal cost.
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Players spring into action Sunnyvale Community Players have lined up their spring season, featuring Shakespeare and a musical tribute to the silver screen.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Terence Coventry’s angular bronze bull seems to sniff the air, tail taunt, for all the world ready to spring into action.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Shortly before midnight on Jan. 24, a 45-year-old mother’s desperate screams pierced the calm of her Brooklyn building — causing neighbors to spring into action to help the woman as she was being attacked by a younger man armed with a large knife.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
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Angie Han, HollywoodReporter, 7 Apr. 2025
Players spring into action Sunnyvale Community Players have lined up their spring season, featuring Shakespeare and a musical tribute to the silver screen.
—Anne Gelhaus, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2025
Terence Coventry’s angular bronze bull seems to sniff the air, tail taunt, for all the world ready to spring into action.
—Nina-Sophia Miralles, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
Shortly before midnight on Jan. 24, a 45-year-old mother’s desperate screams pierced the calm of her Brooklyn building — causing neighbors to spring into action to help the woman as she was being attacked by a younger man armed with a large knife.
—Ellen Moynihan, New York Daily News, 1 Feb. 2025
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“Spring into/to action/life.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/spring%20into%2Fto%20action%2Flife. Accessed 15 Apr. 2025.
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