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?
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Israel doesn't want to do anything to harm the Abraham Accords, two Israeli sources told ABC News, indicating the UAE's warnings were taken seriously in Jerusalem.
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Jordana Miller, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
Are there plans to do anything with it?
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
Brody is looking at the clock and urging action to cripple the enemy’s ability to do anything else.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Moreover, neither of these scenarios, nor the now-default direct collapse scenario, can do anything to either alleviate the Hubble tension or to explain the puzzles associated with large-scale structure observation and its implications for dark energy or for neutrino masses.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
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Jordana Miller, ABC News, 4 Sep. 2025
Are there plans to do anything with it?
—Tere Aguilera, Billboard, 4 Sep. 2025
Brody is looking at the clock and urging action to cripple the enemy’s ability to do anything else.
—Pete Hammond, Deadline, 2 Sep. 2025
Moreover, neither of these scenarios, nor the now-default direct collapse scenario, can do anything to either alleviate the Hubble tension or to explain the puzzles associated with large-scale structure observation and its implications for dark energy or for neutrino masses.
—Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 2 Sep. 2025
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“Do anything.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20anything. Accessed 9 Sep. 2025.
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