Phrase Hound found 35 phrases and 25 compound words that contain actions. The most common are listed below. Open actions in the live search for definitions, filters, and the full list.
Phrases 35
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- class actionsplural of class action: A lawsuit brought by a single plaintiff or small group of plaintiffs as a representative of a large group of others having a common interest, with everyone in the large group eligible to receive damages if the …
- civil actionsplural of civil action: In the United States, a lawsuit between private parties, including an action by a private person against a government entity, which will be treated as a private party by the court.
- actions speak louder than wordsIt is more effective to act directly than to speak of action.
- legal actionsplural of legal action: Legal proceedings; a lawsuit.
- direct actionsplural of direct action: A form of political activism in which participants act illegally, ignoring established democratic procedures. It may take the form of strikes, workplace occupations, sabotage, sit-ins, squatting …
- group actionsplural of group action: A mapping of a mathematical group to the permutations of an object that is compatible with the group operation.
- police actionsplural of police action: Military action undertaken without a formal declaration of war.
- cross actionsplural of cross action: countersuit
- double actionsplural of double action: Requiring only a trigger pull to both cock and fire.
- grand actionsplural of grand action: A pianoforte action, used in grand pianos, in which special devices are employed to obtain perfect action of the hammer in striking and leaving the string.
- industrial actionsplural of industrial action: A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer.
- job actionsplural of job action: A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer, especially one which is limited in duration or severity.
- popular actionsplural of popular action: an action in which any person may sue for penalty imposed by statute.
- bolt actionsplural of bolt action: A type of firearm action in which the weapon's bolt is operated manually by the opening and closing of the breech with a small handle, most commonly placed on the right-hand side of the weapon.
- labor actionsplural of labor action: A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer.
- affirmative actionsplural of affirmative action: A set of policies or programs providing advantages for people of a group who are seen to have traditionally been the target of discrimination.
- false actionsplural of false action: false attack.
- representative actionsplural of representative action: A lawsuit brought by a single plaintiff or small group of plaintiffs as a representative of a large group of others having a common interest, with everyone in the large group eligible to receive damages if …
- secondary actionsplural of secondary action: Industrial action taken by workers who are not involved in a dispute, to show solidarity with those who are involved.
- actions have consequencesAll individual actions may result in negative repercussions.
- holding actionsplural of holding action: An attack designed to prevent an enemy from attacking, or from moving its position
- slide actionsplural of slide action: A type of firearm action that uses a sliding handgrip to cycle the mechanism.
- labour actionsplural of labour action: A workplace protest by employees designed to inconvenience or disrupt the business of the employer.
- pump actionsplural of pump action: A type of firearm action that uses a sliding handgrip to cycle the mechanism.
Compound words 25
- attractionsplural of attraction: The tendency to attract.
- transactionsplural of transaction: The act of conducting or carrying out (business, negotiations, plans).
- interactionsplural of interaction: The situation or occurrence in which two or more things act upon one another to produce an effect; the effect resulting from such a situation or occurrence.
- distractionsplural of distraction: Something that distracts.
- contractionsplural of contraction: Senses relating to becoming involved with or entering into, especially entering into a contract.
- abstractionsplural of abstraction: The act of abstracting, separating, withdrawing, or taking away; withdrawal; the state of being taken away.
- redactionsplural of redaction: An edited or censored version of a document; a product resulting from the process of editing or censoring.
- bioactionsplural of bioaction: A biological action or process
- backactionsplural of backaction: Any action in an opposite direction
- compactionsplural of compaction: The process of compacting something, or something that has been compacted.