react to

react to (someone or something)

To do something as a response to the something or someone's actions. Our country will react swiftly and mercilessly to this outrage. My mother reacted very strongly to the news that my brother had been killed overseas. Don't react to him, Tom. He's just trying to get your attention, the way all toddlers do.
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Farlex Dictionary of Idioms.

react to someone or something

to act in response to someone or something. You made some very good points. I would like to take some time to react to you. How did Mary react to the news?
See also: react
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of American Idioms and Phrasal Verbs.
See also:
  • a/the feel of (something)
  • (I) wouldn't (do something) if I were you
  • a straw will show which way the wind blows
  • a crack at (someone or something)
  • all right
  • (you) wanna make something of it?
  • all for the best
  • a thing of the past
  • a slew of (something)
  • a bird in the hand
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If we adapt Buarque's "React" outcry, which relates more to sensitivity on a global scale than to Turkey, we are surprised to realize that there is much we should react to. For instance, we may begin with our message saying "don't get used to," just as Buarque did and continue: React to the habit of living in an aberrant and corrupt era that tries to seize our souls.
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Cllr Robertson said: "With so little time to react, we were bounced into having to react to something when clearly compromise could have been reached."
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If the #1 receiver does curl inside, Sam must maintain inside leverage on #1 and react to the quarterback's intention to throw.
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If they remain prepared, it will take them less time to react to such an occurrence.
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They will react to this and join in." La Nueva Economia at last?
COUNTDOWN
It seems these companies react to unions like slaveholders reacted to slave revolts, but time is not on the companies' side.
"The Two Faces of the U.S. Government"
Or is a personal characteristic such as their "tolerance for ambiguity"--the way people react to uncertain situations--an important factor in lending decisions?
The effect of auditor attestation and tolerance for ambiguity on commercial lending decisions
How can young people respond to the challenges and tasks of their time if they continue to react and are made to react to their parents' and grandparents' wounds, he went on.
Religion - source of conflict or compassion?
The third group, the "Cool Kids," react to advertising in a much more complex fashion.
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