do something

phrase

: to take some sort of action to help a situation

Don't just stand there: do something!

Examples of do something in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Our technical schools, our magnets, our charters, our neighborhood schools, and our choice programs all do something more than academics for our Black, Brown, and white kids. — Sen. Doug McCrory, Hartford Courant, 9 Aug. 2026

String lights turn a backyard into a room Bistro strings and pergola lighting do something path lights can’t. — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Miami Herald, 4 Aug. 2026

But now a team led by Vanessa Ruta, a neuroscientist at the Rockefeller University, has shown that fruit flies do something far more advanced. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 1 Aug. 2026

You could suddenly be asked to share your ideas in a room of people who can actually do something with them. — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 1 Aug. 2026