in action

Meaning

In operation; active.
Seeing a steam engine in action is increasingly rare.
After a month in hospital, the reporter is back in action.

In combat.
He was wounded in action in his second tour.

Source: en.wiktionary.org

Synonyms

working operating going engaged functional operative utile functioning underway in use at work

Antonyms

broken inoperative wonky kaput broken-down malfunctioning

Examples

There is nothing more frightful than ignorance in action. Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Justice is the truth in action. Joseph Joubert

I say that justice is truth in action. Benjamin Disraeli

The aged in council, the young in action. Danish Proverb

Virtue consists in action. Dutch Proverb

Merit consists in action. Latin Proverb

Words in the phrase

in action

Close letter words and terms

in accordance with which in acknowledgement of in acknowledgment of in actual fact in actuality in addition