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

Then again, DeBartolo knows a few friends who’d suit up and do anything for him. —Cam Inman, Mercury News, 28 Jan. 2026

Saunders proffers no evidence that Boone, say, wrestled with the responsibilities of leadership, or was charming or generous, or cared to do anything with other people but dominate them. —Julius Taranto, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2026

Copilot is integrated into each of these and can help do anything from analyzing data, building presentations faster, and summarizing emails on Outlook. —Essence, 26 Jan. 2026

And no one seems to be able to do anything about it. —Bill Goodykoontz, AZCentral.com, 24 Jan. 2026

Rhymes for do anything

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