Wiktionary
took action
vb. (en-simple past of: take action)
Usage examples of "took action".
Unless America took action, and at once, Adams wrote, they faced the prospect of living like the Irish on potatoes and water.
Upon learning that we were not permitted to communicate with you, the positronic brain took action accordingly.
What if those who at least appear to oppose us, took action against Venice and her interests?
If Ruslan Borissovich had any difficulties with the KGB, any action could mean, if not death, then at least serious embarrassment for his children, and few men took action like that.
Unless he took action in the next half minute, the system would initiate the crew's descent from S-space to cold sleep.
He took action while his 3 dozen colleagues sat as though in a state of shock.