act on
US /ækt ɑn/
・UK /ækt ɔn/
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v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To have an effect on something.
The medicine acts on the nervous system.
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo take action as a result of information received.
The police acted on a tip-off and arrested the suspect.
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo have an effect on something.
This drug acts on the central nervous system.
phr. v.Phrasal VerbTo follow or take action based on advice or instructions.
He acted on his doctor's advice and started exercising regularly.
v.t./i.Verb (Transitive/Intransitive)To take formal action or make a decision regarding something.
The committee will act on the proposal next week.
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How To Eradicate One Of Our Deadliest Enemies – Gene Drive & Malaria
- Humanity has to decide how to act on this in the next few years.
Humanity has to decide how to act on this in the next few years.
- Humanity has to decide how to act on this in the next few years.
Humanity has to decide how to act on this in the next few years.
Mischief Managed: the Harry Potter Retrospective
- What matters is the part we choose to act on.
What matters is the part we choose to act on.
- What matters is the part we choose to act on.
What matters is the part we choose to act on.
Live / Play
- but they don't bother to act on it.
but they don't bother to act on it.
Your Microwave's Most Underrated Button | Techniquely with Lan Lam
- Microwaves only act on the surface of the food.
Microwaves only act on the surface of the food.
How I Tricked My Brain Into Stopping Cravings
- Then you act on the craving by eating some delicious candy.
Then you act on the craving by eating some delicious candy.
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- You just need to believe it and act on it.
You just need to believe it and act on it.
- You just need to believe it and act on it.
You just need to believe it and act on it.
US pauses military aid to Ukraine as EU chief says Europe is 'ready to step up' | BBC News
- supported President Zelensky and that means that the Europeans and the British have been taking a very High profile role in all of this are essentially Trying to execute an extraordinarily difficult high wire act on the one side There's this support that they have for Ukraine and an offer to put boots on the ground Planes in the air and on the other side, there's the Americans who've been rather rude about this I mean JD Vance's comments Overnight where he was saying some countries that have not fought a war for 30 years Far better to have American financial interests there So to try to sustain that high wire act to to somehow keep Trump happy at the same time Not sell Ukraine down the river that might actually be impossible And Jeremy as we look at what is potentially as you say an impossible situation to work back from Is the only way the u.s.
supported President Zelensky and that means that the Europeans and the British have been taking a very High profile role in all of this are essentially Trying to execute an extraordinarily difficult high wire act on the one side There's this support that they have for Ukraine and an offer to put boots on the ground Planes in the air and on the other side, there's the Americans who've been rather rude about this I mean JD Vance's comments Overnight where he was saying some countries that have not fought a war for 30 years Far better to have American financial interests there So to try to sustain that high wire act to to somehow keep Trump happy at the same time Not sell Ukraine down the river that might actually be impossible And Jeremy as we look at what is potentially as you say an impossible situation to work back from Is the only way the u.s.
Obesity a major factor in COVID-19 deaths, study finds
- The surprising part is that governments haven't really act on obesity until now.
The surprising part is that governments haven't really act on obesity until now.
Ron Chernow (FULL EPISODE) | Conan O'Brien Needs A Friend
- You know that we can feel that you know, we act on certain impulses, but we have inside of us
You know that we can feel that you know, we act on certain impulses, but we have inside of us
- And I think that that's true, that we can feel that we act on certain impulses.
And I think that that's true, that we can feel that we act on certain impulses.
FOCUS ON YOURSELF — Then Watch Everything Fall Into Place
- And I find too, when people pop into your mind and you think, oh yeah, I need to, you really need to act on that where someone's popped in because they might not be having such a great day and those things happen, you can't explain it.
And I find too, when people pop into your mind and you think, oh yeah, I need to, you really need to act on that where someone's popped in because they might not be having such a great day and those things happen, you can't explain it.
- And I find too, when people pop into your mind and you think, "Oh, yeah, I need to " you really need to act on that where someone's popped in because they might not be having such a great day.
And I find too, when people pop into your mind and you think, "Oh, yeah, I need to " you really need to act on that where someone's popped in because they might not be having such a great day.