"Can we action this?" — What It Really Means

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"Can we action this?"

What they really mean

Can somebody else take this problem off my plate?

"This came up in the steering committee. Can we action this before next Friday and close the loop?"

"I have successfully converted a vague concern into your new task."

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I'm hoping you forget about this entirely

I don't want to do this and I'm not going to

Nobody agrees on anything and we've been arguing for months

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