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

Conversely, you may be compelled to do something that seems unreasonable but feels right. —Emma Seppälä, TIME, 23 Apr. 2024

Now is the time finally to do something about this kind of harassment and associated acts of trespass and disorder. —The Editors, National Review, 22 Apr. 2024

Even as criminal gangs opposed to Henry’s rule created an unprecedented alliance and began attacking police stations, prisons and government offices and killing opponents and regular citizens, the U.S. ignored opposition pleas to do something about Henry, critics say. —Andres Viglucci, Miami Herald, 21 Apr. 2024

The fold-out pages do something of the same, spreading out like the wings of a butterfly, and opening like petals of a flower. —Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 18 Apr. 2024

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