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in the act

1

In the process of doing something. For example, The police caught the robber in the act, or I was in the act of closing the window. [Second half of 1600s]

2

Performing sexual intercourse, as in Her father caught them in the act. [Late 1500s]

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Question 1 of 10
Which punctuation mark is best for this sentence? "Can I watch a movie __"
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question mark (?)
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Words nearby in the act

in substance, in terms of, in terrorem clause, in that, in that case, in the act, in the aggregate, in the air, in the altogether, in the back, in the bag
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary Copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.

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