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(队伍外出行动) set out; start off
await orders to set out [go into action]
待命出动
The detachment set off ahead of schedule.
小分队提前出动了。
(派出军事力量) call out; send out; dispatch
fly 20 sorties
出动飞机20架次
dispatch warships
出动军舰
call out paratroops to join the battle
出动伞兵参战
(行动起来) go into action; turn out
The whole community turned out to wipe out the four pests.
全体居民出动除四害。