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Acting and Action
Acting and Action
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Acting : adjective : working in place of someone for a short time
• Acting Manager
• The Acting Chairman
Action : noun :
(a) thing which has been done
To take action = to do something
• You must take action if you want to stop people cheating you.
(b) direct action = strike or go-slow by the workforce
To take industrial action = to do something (usually to go on strike) to show that you are not happy with conditions at work
(c) case in a law court where a person or company sues another person or company
To take legal action = to sue someone
• Action for damages
• Action for libel
• Libel action
• To bring an action for damages against someone
• Civil action = case brought by a person or company against someone who has done them wrong
• Criminal action = case brought by the state against someone who is charged with a crime