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act on

To act decisively on the basis of information received or deduced.
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The policeman decided to act on the tip from his informant.

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Submitted by acronimous on August 09, 2009

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पर कार्यवाही

ಕಾರ್ಯನಿರ್ವಹಿಸಿ

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