Meaning of man of action | Babel Free

Definitions

One who acts or reacts boldly, without hesitation, and often without forethought, especially in situations which are adventurous or dangerous.

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Examples

“"I have⟳ heard that the Scots are good men of war," said Hordle John. "For axemen and for spearmen I have⟳ not seen their match⟳," the archer answered. […] "And the French?" asked Alleyne, to whom the archer's light⟳ gossip had all the relish that the words of the man of action have⟳ for the recluse.”

“The third was a man of action, a combatant, a bold and impatient executive, breathing fire and steel.”

“The world found out last⟳ week who led the daring, destructive noonday air raid on Japan last⟳ month[:] […] pugnacious Brigadier General James Harold Doolittle, 45, speed⟳ flyer, engineer, scholar and man of action.”

“Patrick Leigh Fermor […] was a man of letters but also, like⟳ his hero Byron, a man of action—a war hero and a restless adventurer, who even swam the Hellespont when he was 69.”

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