do something
idiom
: to take some sort of action to help a situation
Don't just stand there: do something!
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The solution, of course, is to do something about it rather than retconning its deficiencies as failing forward.
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Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
And there are redundancies if a pilot or controller starts to do something wrong.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Berta worked alongside Diego Simeone to turn Atleti into more than the sum of its parts and the Italian will now be expected to do something similar for Arsenal.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
On Thursday evening, many of the biggest stars on YouTube gathered marketers from companies like Amazon, Disney, Shopify, Uber, and Airbnb to do something new: Unveil a development slate.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
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Sonja Drimmer, Artforum, 1 Apr. 2025
And there are redundancies if a pilot or controller starts to do something wrong.
—Alexandra Skores, CNN Money, 29 Mar. 2025
Berta worked alongside Diego Simeone to turn Atleti into more than the sum of its parts and the Italian will now be expected to do something similar for Arsenal.
—Graham Ruthven, Forbes.com, 28 Mar. 2025
On Thursday evening, many of the biggest stars on YouTube gathered marketers from companies like Amazon, Disney, Shopify, Uber, and Airbnb to do something new: Unveil a development slate.
—Alex Weprin, HollywoodReporter, 28 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for do something
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“Do something.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20something. Accessed 4 Apr. 2025.
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