do something
idiom
: to take some sort of action to help a situation
Don't just stand there: do something!
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Ahead of voting for Primetime Emmy nominations, celebrating the best in television, starting June 13, Emmy winner John Leguizamo is asking Television Academy members to pay attention to the traditional lack of diversity in its annual nominations and do something this year to change that.
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Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 10 June 2024
Advertisement The governor’s pitch inspired a round of media coverage last year that elevated his national profile as a Democrat trying to do something about mass shootings and other gun violence.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
So last year, New York City became the first place in the country to do something about it.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
That year, Linda Collins, the executive director of the Career Ladders Project, worked with other community colleges and another nonprofit, World Education/JSI, to send a draft proposal to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, asking it to do something similar.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
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Lester Fabian Brathwaite, EW.com, 10 June 2024
Advertisement The governor’s pitch inspired a round of media coverage last year that elevated his national profile as a Democrat trying to do something about mass shootings and other gun violence.
—Taryn Luna, Los Angeles Times, 9 June 2024
So last year, New York City became the first place in the country to do something about it.
—Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 7 June 2024
That year, Linda Collins, the executive director of the Career Ladders Project, worked with other community colleges and another nonprofit, World Education/JSI, to send a draft proposal to the California Community Colleges Chancellor’s Office, asking it to do something similar.
—Calmatters, The Mercury News, 6 June 2024
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“Do something.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20something. Accessed 14 Jun. 2024.
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