do anything

idiom

1

: to take an action that is considered wrong or suspicious or of particular interest

If he does anything, let me know.

—often used in negative statements

"Why is she mad?" "I don't know. I didn't do anything."

2

: to be occupied with something

I need to start dinner, but I can't do anything until you get out of the way.

If you're not doing anything this evening, why not come over for dinner?

Examples of do anything in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

If a dead spot in your lawn is smaller than the size of your fist, there is no need to do anything. —Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 June 2025

Will the Pac-12 do anything to regain autonomous status back? —Jon Wilner, Mercury News, 6 June 2025

This third vexatious attempt will fail to do anything other than prove that the signatories have less intelligence —and independent thoughts — than sheep. —Sophie Clark shane Croucher, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 June 2025

One of the most important ways was to try not to do anything that would help the Germans in their war effort. —Olivia B. Waxman, Time, 4 June 2025

Rhymes for do anything

• bing
• bring
• ching
• cling
• ding
• fling
• ging
• hing
• jing
• kling
• ling
• ming