go into action

go into action

To begin doing something or become active suddenly and very quickly. Firefighters need to be able to go into action at a moment's notice. If any movement is detected once this sensor is activated, the building's security measures will go into action.
See also: action, go
Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

go into action

 and swing into action
to start doing something. I usually get to work at 7:45, get some coffee, and I go into action at 8:00. When the ball is hit in my direction, you should see me swing into action.
See also: action, go
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • spring into action
  • spring to/into life/action
  • on a moment's notice
  • at a moment's notice
  • notice
  • pick up on
  • pick up on (something)
  • pick up on something
  • land in on
  • pin (something) up on (something)
References in periodicals archive
LAHORE -- Former masters of hockey, Pakistan will take on South Korea in their inaugural tie of the sixth edition of Asian Champions Trophy Hockey Tournament on October 19 at Sultan Qaboos sports complex.The six nation tournament will go into action from tomorrow,Thursday.
Broan has taken its Sensaire sense-on-rise technology and applied it to the InVent series of ventilation fans, creating a system that intuitively knows when it needs to go into action. Like other systems, you can pre-program an activation point, and when the built-in sensor detects that the humidity level has reached that point, the fan will automatically turn on.
The Warriors go into action at Llanelli without their band of Scotland heroes but coach Townsend believes his back-up boys are ready.
However, the Tykes go into action tomorrow in the Yorkshire Bank 40 in a Group C match against Middlesex again at Headingley (1.45).
He told them to be fully ready to go into action at any time just a day after North Korea scrapped all peace deals with the South and said it was ready to launch a nuclear missile strike on the US as soon as Monday.
Birmingham City and Wolverhampton Wanderers go into action at 4pm today with just 90 minutes to decide their Premiership fate.
The time change will technically go into action between 1:00 and 3:00, so don't forget to set your clock back by one hour.
FOUR Welsh bowlers will go into action when the International Indoor Open begins in Burgess Hill tomorrow.
CELTIC Crusaders go into action at Featherstone Rovers in the National League Two today knowing three wins from the remaining four fixtures are needed to secure a top three place.
Once again, the hands go into action as Horiuchi mimes a slow and steady uphill progression.
Like sharks drawn to blood, the world's most vicious bounty hunters go into action. But with his small group of loyal friends and a knack of surviving every cliffhanger by seconds or millimeters, Scarecrow eventually (and predictably) comes through for truth, justice and the American way.
In December 1982 workmen had to go into action to stop the roof dome of the Scobie & McIntosh building falling after it had became unsafe in heavy winds.
That's when your aprocrine glands, located under your arms and around your privates, go into action. These glands regulate your body temperature, but they also produce a milky, oily kind of perspiration.
The Karlsson brothers, Peter and Mikael, were the men in form for the Monmore men who go into action at Poole tomorrow.
WHITCHURCH will go into action in the Gerrard West of England and South Wales Hockey League this season with a new coach and a new captain.