do something about
idiom
: to take some sort of action to correct (a situation)
We need to do something about this problem.
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If anyone were to do something about it, that person would have to be your husband.
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Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 29 June 2023
Instead of mourning the dearth of dedicated lesbian spaces, Burton decided to do something about it, embarking on a cross-country road trip to catalog the bars that still remained.
—Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 June 2023
The federal government last month agreed to call a halt to a civil rights investigation on the condition that Alabama finally do something about wastewater pooling in yards in rural Lowndes County.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
And yet few members of Congress seem willing to do something about it.
—Andrew Rettenmaier, The Conversation, 1 June 2023
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Liana Finck, The New Yorker, 29 June 2023
Instead of mourning the dearth of dedicated lesbian spaces, Burton decided to do something about it, embarking on a cross-country road trip to catalog the bars that still remained.
—Keely Weiss, Harper's BAZAAR, 14 June 2023
The federal government last month agreed to call a halt to a civil rights investigation on the condition that Alabama finally do something about wastewater pooling in yards in rural Lowndes County.
—Dennis Pillion | Dpillion@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
And yet few members of Congress seem willing to do something about it.
—Andrew Rettenmaier, The Conversation, 1 June 2023
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“Do something about.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20something%20about. Accessed 30 Oct. 2025.
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