He's slow and steady, not given to quick action.

Her feelings of terror and helplessness gave way to desperate action.

Words were about to give way to action.

But the President had yet to give his final approval to military action.

The Pentagon appears to be expecting that a month or two of diplomacy will give way to military action.

In this perspective, it gives special attention to information operations, psychological action, and conflict mediation.

Serious consideration must be given to further diplomatic and other action.

We give particular priority to action taken within a United Nations framework.

I would like support to be given to local, regional and individual action.

It is even used to refer to thought patterns that give rise to wasteful action.