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act on
verb
to regulate one's behaviour in accordance with (advice, information, etc)
to have an effect on (illness, a part of the body, etc)
Idioms and Phrases
Also, act upon . Conduct oneself in accordance with or as a result of information or another action, as in I will act on my lawyer's advice , or The manager refused to act upon the hotel guest's complaints . [c. 1800]
Influence or affect, as in The baby's fussing acted on the sitter's nerves . [c. 1800]
Example Sentences
It called on these platforms to act on its requests quicker.
"There is a lawyer acting on her behalf. Because it's not a trial, they would have been there more as a witness, but she was denied access to her lawyer." said Mr Ryan.
They called on the government to ensure it would adhere to its obligations as a member of the International Criminal Court to act on arrest warrants issued by the court.
Athanasios Antonakis, a lawyer acting on behalf of a mother and daughter who were wounded in the attack, told public broadcaster WDR that "my clients are expecting this trial will help improve the healing process".
So the second credo concerns "the temptation to feel chosen, which justifies acting on our base desires."
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