came to deed, reached the stage of action
Was actually carried out. Was realized or executed. Came to fruition.
("And afterwards he descended and carved the tablets. Then the Name passed before him, and what He had spoken to him 'and you shall see My back' came to action" – Ibn Ezra, Exodus 33:10. Likewise: "For he wanted to forbid even coveting, which is the desire of the heart at all times, even though it does not come to action, so that one would learn a fortiori to forbid robbery, which is the act itself" – Rabbeinu Bechaye, Exodus 20:13. Likewise: "And behold, when things came to action, this one stood, that is to say, my brother, and argued against me" – Shalom Aleichem / Seventy-Five Thousand, Lev)
Translation
Expression (Hebrew)
בָּא לִידֵי מַעֲשֶׂה, הִגִּיעַ לִידֵי מַעֲשֶׂה
Definition (Hebrew)
הִגִּיעַ לִידֵי מִמּוּשׁ בְּפֹעַל. הִתְקַיֵּם אוֹ הִתְבַּצֵּעַ. יָצָא אֶל הַפֹּעַל.
("ואח"כ יָרַד וּפֶסֶל אֶת הַלּוּחוֹת. אָז עָבַר הַשֵּׁם עַל פָּנָיו, וְיָצָא לִידֵי מַעֲשֶׂה מָה שֶׁאָמַר לוֹ וְרָאִיתָ אֶת אֲחוֹרִי"- אִבְּן עֶזְרָא שְׁמוֹת לג י, וְכֵן:"כִּי רָצָה לֶאֱסֹר אֲפִלּוּ הַחֶמְדָּה שֶׁהִיא תַּאֲוַת הַלֵּב בְּכָל עֵת וּבְכָל שָׁעָה אע"פ שֶׁאֵינוֹ בָּא לִידֵי מַעֲשֶׂה כְּדֵי שֶׁיִּלְמַד אָדָם קַל וָחֹמֶר לֶאֱסֹר הַגְּזֵלָה שֶׁהוּא הַמַּעֲשֶׂה"- רַבֵּנוּ בְּחַיֵּי שְׁמוֹת כ יג, וְכֵן:"וְהִנֵּה, כְּשֶׁהִגִּיעוּ הַדְּבָרִים לִידֵי מַעֲשֶׂה, עָמַד זֶה, כְּלוֹמַר אָחִי, וְטָעַן נֶגְדִּי"- שָׁלוֹם עֲלֵיכֶם/ חֲמִשָּׁה וְשִׁבְעִים אֶלֶף, לֵב)