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direct action
noun
Definition of DIRECT ACTION
: action that seeks to achieve an end directly and by the most immediately effective means (as boycott or strike)
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First Known Use of DIRECT ACTION
1912
Rhymes with DIRECT ACTION
abreaction, benefaction, chain reaction, common fraction, complex fraction, counteraction, dark reaction, interaction, liquefaction, malefaction, overaction, petrifaction, police action, proper fraction, putrefaction, rarefaction, retroaction, satisfaction, simple fraction, single-action, stupefaction, tumefaction
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