do something
idiom
: to take some sort of action to help a situation
Don't just stand there: do something!
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Investors need to fight the urge to do something when there is market chaos.
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Bob Pisani, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, Vientos is also trying to do something else: improve against offspeed and breaking pitches.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
After a few decades of gawking at the problem, Washington, under the Biden administration, rallied 139 countries to do something.
—Jennifer M. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly.
—Bluesky Social, 22 Apr. 2025
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Bob Pisani, CNBC, 24 Apr. 2025
In the meantime, Vientos is also trying to do something else: improve against offspeed and breaking pitches.
—Will Sammon, New York Times, 23 Apr. 2025
After a few decades of gawking at the problem, Washington, under the Biden administration, rallied 139 countries to do something.
—Jennifer M. Harris, Foreign Affairs, 22 Apr. 2025
Eventually the aliens will slip up and do something unhuman a little too nonchalantly.
—Bluesky Social, 22 Apr. 2025
See All Example Sentences for do something
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“Do something.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20something. Accessed 2 May. 2025.
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