How to Use jump into action in a Sentence

jump into action

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  • The one thing that might prompt Congress to jump into action?
    Anne Sraders, Fortune, 21 Aug. 2020
  • When a storm does develop – the right kind of storm, with good size and clouds with enough moisture – Mr. Couch and the other pilots jump into action.
    Doug Struck, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 Aug. 2021
  • That can be frustrating for parents who want to jump into action.
    Mara Klecker, Star Tribune, 2 Mar. 2021
  • People may not be inclined to jump into action because of a text message.
    Amir Levi, Forbes, 28 June 2022
  • Truett and his team were prepared to jump into action to snuff out the active Telegraph and Mescal fires burning through eastern Arizona.
    Nick Martin, The New Republic, 22 June 2021
  • While others stay too long in the planning phase to design the perfect business, lucky people jump into action.
    Liana Zavo, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • Tavaras didn't hesitate to jump into action, stopping his car and running into head-on traffic to save the boy.
    Amy Wray, CNN, 10 Sep. 2021
  • The next line of defense: Memory cells that jump into action to make new virus-fighters if an infection sneaks in.
    Lauran Neergaard, ajc, 24 Apr. 2022
  • Click on the little envelope icon below their bio and your email program will jump into action.
    Washington Post, 6 Mar. 2022
  • Situational awareness Know when to jump into action and make suggestions and when to stay out of the way.
    Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2021
  • That will foster the test-and-feel attitude and their capacity to jump into action.
    Expert Panel®, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2023
  • Beyond Antibodies When a virus enters the body for the first time, B cells jump into action and produce antibodies to fight it off.
    Allison Whitten, Discover Magazine, 31 July 2020
  • While the Rosengren boys were able to help each other get to shore, Maura said Pete noticed a friend's 9-year-old son was struggling, which prompted her husband to jump into action.
    Joelle Goldstein, PEOPLE.com, 30 Mar. 2021
  • To be ready to jump into action, interested people should sign up to be volunteers sooner rather than later.
    Matt Berg, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Sep. 2022
  • When inconvenient news erupts on the Chinese internet, the censors jump into action.
    Paul Mozur, ProPublica, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Putin usually promises to look into the issues and local officials jump into action, with the implicit threat that those who fail to will face punishment.
    Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 30 June 2021
  • Another type called memory B cells jump into action to make lots of new antibodies.
    Compiled Democrat-Gazette Staff From Wire Reports, Arkansas Online, 8 Sep. 2021
  • After hours calls for emergency repairs are very costly and difficult to schedule, but some companies jump into action quickly for a loyal customer.
    Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Feb. 2022
  • When opportunity knocked in the midst a global pandemic, mariachi music champion Jeff Nevin didn’t hesitate to jump into action.
    George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 July 2022

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