English-French translations for in action

• énergique

Definition of in action

• In operation
• In combat

Examples

• Seeing a steam engine in action is increasingly rare.
• He was wounded in action in his second tour.

Related words

• industrial action
• combined action
• instinctive action
• continued fraction
• chain reaction
• business transaction
• insertion reaction
• uterine contraction
• business-to-business transactions