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act on

verb

  1. to regulate one's behaviour in accordance with (advice, information, etc)

  2. to have an effect on (illness, a part of the body, etc)

“Collins English Dictionary — Complete & Unabridged” 2012 Digital Edition © William Collins Sons & Co. Ltd. 1979, 1986 © HarperCollins Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2012


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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]

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It called on these platforms to act on its requests quicker.

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"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.

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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.

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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".

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So the second credo concerns "the temptation to feel chosen, which justifies acting on our base desires."

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