Act on and Command

Act on

Act on verb - Carry further or advance.
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Command and act on are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Command" instead a verb "Act on".

Command

Command verb - To issue orders to (someone) by right of authority.

Act on and command are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Act on" instead a verb "Command".

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  • Those generate command points, which are required to make units act on the battlefield.
  • In another episode, he's ready to go in with rhetorical guns ablazin' to convince Hammond to act on a tip he got from a Prophetic Dream, when the General agrees instantly on the basis that that's hardly the weirdest thing he's heard while in command of the SGC.
  • Recap / Doctor Who S35 E1 "The Magician's Apprentice" Number Two: By this point in their relationship, Clara has become this to the Doctor, to the point where she is clearly authorized to act on his behalf, up to and including UNIT giving her authority to negotiate with Missy and even command UNIT snipers.
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