do something

idiom

: 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

But multiple far-right activist groups with ties to former president Donald Trump and the Republican National Committee are mobilizing their supporters in earnest, drawing on one baseline belief: Elections in the US are rigged, and citizens need to do something about it. —David Gilbert, WIRED, 8 Apr. 2024

The important thing is to do something, such as saving an extra $100 a month, tackling student-loan debt, or taking on a side hustle to boost your savings. —Carolina Pichardo, Parents, 29 Mar. 2024

Because for people like us or the first to do something, the job is not to be the first. —ABC News, 29 Mar. 2024

Avanti hopes the deal will safeguard it against delays that have plagued the trainline, and do something to boost staff morale levels that have sat in the gutter for years. —Ryan Hogg, Fortune Europe, 25 Mar. 2024

Nor are predators limited to the large: bluebirds, phoebes and other insect-catching flycatchers do something quite similar on a smaller scale, pouncing on insects whose existence is to us invisible. —Jack Gedney, The Mercury News, 11 Mar. 2024

Laskey finds a way to do something so thoroughly, but still get at this concept of simplicity. —Grace Edquist, Vogue, 11 Mar. 2024

After seeing Hamm out and about in Fort Worth, Howell wanted to do something to celebrate and potentially lure the actor to JD’s. —Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 6 Mar. 2024

So Evans decided to do something to boost the exposure for Black playwrights and also work to produce their work in Charlotte’s mainstream theaters. —Virginia Brown, Charlotte Observer, 6 Mar. 2024