do something to
idiom
1
: to change (something) in some way
Have you done something to this room? It looks different.
2
: to hurt or damage in some way
My knee is sore. I must have done something to it when I fell.
I think I did something to my car when I went over that bump.
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Family and friends in the Harford community wanted to do something to keep Annie’s memory alive, and in 2005, the playground was built.
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Maria Morales, Baltimore Sun, 31 May 2023
Less sophisticated versions of Pegasus may have required users to do something to compromise their devices, like click on a link sent to them from an unknown number.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 May 2023
And with only about 2% of cannabis businesses being Black-owned, Cohen wanted to do something to address the harms of America’s prohibition on pot and help more Black entrepreneurs get a foothold in the industry.
—Sarah Whitmire, Forbes, 5 May 2023
There has been some recognition in Congress that legislators must do something to head off major benefit cuts, but a way forward has yet to materialize.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
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Maria Morales, Baltimore Sun, 31 May 2023
Less sophisticated versions of Pegasus may have required users to do something to compromise their devices, like click on a link sent to them from an unknown number.
—Andrew Paul, Popular Science, 25 May 2023
And with only about 2% of cannabis businesses being Black-owned, Cohen wanted to do something to address the harms of America’s prohibition on pot and help more Black entrepreneurs get a foothold in the industry.
—Sarah Whitmire, Forbes, 5 May 2023
There has been some recognition in Congress that legislators must do something to head off major benefit cuts, but a way forward has yet to materialize.
—Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 28 Feb. 2023
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“Do something to.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20something%20to. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.
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