Match on Action is a continuity editing technique in which one shot seamlessly cuts to another shot portraying the action of the subject in the first shot. It creates a sense of 'continuity' and the action being carried out constructs a 'visual bridge' in order to distract the viewer from the cutting shots. Unlike a match cut, it does not match two separate things but rather portrays a continuous sense of the same thing.
Watch this scene from the classic Bringing Up Baby and take a look at the use of match on action:
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