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act on

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act on (third-person singular simple presentacts on,present participleacting on,simple past and past participleacted on)

Toact decisively on thebasis ofinformation received ordeduced.
The policeman decided toact on the tip from his informant.
To act accordingly to a (usuallysublimated) desire or impulse.
He keeps telling me about wanting to make a move, but he hasn't worked up toacting on it yet.
To takeaction against something.
World leaders have repeatedly stated that we mustact on climate change.
(medicine) Toaffect something.
Different drugsact on different parts of our body in many different ways.