galvanize into action



galvanize someone into action

Fig. to stimulate someone into some activity. The explosion galvanized Martha into action. We were galvanized into action by the storm.
See also: action

Common Names:

NameGenderPronouncedUsage
Nurasyl-Kazakh
Rajani-Hinduism, Indian, Telugu, Kannada, Marathi, Hindi, Nepali
Daud-Indonesian, Arabic
Zhenya-Russian, Bulgarian
Viktoriavik-TO-ree-ah (German), veek-TO-ree-yah (Russian)German, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Estonian, Russian, Ukrainian, Bulgarian
KempKEMPEnglish (Rare)