do anything

phrase

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

Pedalling does not wake up the electric motor, amplify your effort or do anything clever. — Kevin Fanady, New Atlas, 6 Nov. 2026

Before the governor can do anything, voters will decide whether to pass a series of consequential propositions on housing and taxes. — Jenny Jarvie follow, Los Angeles Times, 3 Nov. 2026

Alan Turing was writing about the thinking machine that could do anything the human brain could. — Nilay Patel, The Verge, 26 Oct. 2026

This band, Ryan, Mari, and Trevor, can do anything — between them their practices span jazz, metal, country, ambient music, minimalism, and hyperpop, at least. — Nina Corcoran, Pitchfork, 21 Oct. 2026

Rhymes for do anything

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