swing into action
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Energetically start doing something, as in Come on, let's swing into action before the others arrive. This idiom uses swing in the sense of “move vigorously.”
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The rainy weather could not ________ my elated spirits on my graduation day.
Words nearby swing into action
swingeing, swinger, swinging, swinging door, swinging voter, swing into action, swingle, swinglebar, swing leg, swingletree, “Swing Low, Sweet Chariot”
The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary
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