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

To be clear, American wasn’t required to do anything under its policy. —Christopher Elliott, King Features Syndicate, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024

There was never that much outside of going to the track to train and prepare and also to go into the competition to compete because we weren’t allowed to do anything else. —Scott M. Reid, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024