do something

idiom

: to take some sort of action to help a situation

Don't just stand there: do something!

Examples of do something in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Again, the understandable demand that governments do something now can work against the logic of patient, long-term progress that is essential to a successful counterterrorism program. —Richard English, TIME, 17 May 2024

Look for opportunities to do something that picks you up and offers the emotional momentum to follow through with your intentions. —Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 15 May 2024

In this year of global elections, everyone wants to do something about the problem of online disinformation and election interference and how AI is likely to supercharge those phenomena. —Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 14 May 2024

The man plans to do something nice for his family and then save the rest of his winnings. —Kate Linderman, Miami Herald, 14 May 2024

Alabama's Republican Governor Kay Ivey has pressed automakers in the state to do something about their workers' discontent, according to McNair. —Stephan Bisaha, NPR, 13 May 2024

The 30th anniversary was a perfect opportunity to do something special to celebrate. —Jonathan Cohen, SPIN, 3 May 2024

In 2019, Blackstock quit her job as a professor of emergency medicine at NYU Langone Health to do something about those dismal statistics and the wider problem of racial inequality in medicine. —Jamie Ducharme, TIME, 2 May 2024

Conversely, you may be compelled to do something that seems unreasonable but feels right. —Emma Seppälä, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024