call into action

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Instead of Smith and Juneau troopers calling friends and neighbors to help, there’s a set procedure and process to call into action.

From Washington Times • Sep. 10, 2016

Operation Counter Punch, in Central Europe, will call into action all NATO's air strength together with the national air-defense systems of Britain, France, Belgium and The Netherlands.

From Time Magazine Archive

Hindu children become familiar at their mothers' knees with these stories, and are trained to answer questions on them, subtly chosen to suit their ages and call into action their mental faculties.

From Hindu Tales from the Sanskrit by Mitra, Siddha Mohana

It is, therefore, highly desirable, and more wise, to call into action, as much as possible, the operation of superior motives.

From A Psychiatric Milestone Bloomingdale Hospital Centenary, 1821-1921 by New York Hospital. Society

Retired from the Presidency, his successor called him, not in vain, to head the army which the threatened French war would call into action.

From The Negro and the Nation A History of American Slavery and Enfranchisement by Merriam, George Spring