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What does act upon mean?

Looking for the meaning or definition of the word act upon? Here's what it means.

Verb
  1. To take action on the basis of information received or deduced.
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First, general relativity holds and gravity must act upon everything as an attractive force.
It is one thing to assert one's good intentions, but another entirely to act upon them.
There are windows of tourism opportunity opening regularly but no-one available to spot them and act upon them before they slam shut.
A technician can no longer act upon them because a capacitor in an old appliance that could be as wide as a pen is now as small as a pinhead.
After being made redundant, Daphne decided to act upon her dream to create a boarding kennels and cattery at her home.
It allows us to entertain the idea of rebellion, diffusing that feeling without having to act upon it.

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