do something

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: to take some sort of action to help a situation

Don't just stand there: do something!

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And there is still a hypothetical risk, election experts say, that the President could do something new and outlandishly lawless on or close to Election Day. — Barton Gellman, New Yorker, 25 Oct. 2026 But the candidates disagree over who bears responsibility for the economic damage, and who could better do something about it. — Megan Cassella, CNBC, 22 Oct. 2026 The situation on the ground is unpredictable because the students, communists, anarchists, anti-Israel and other protesters that have collaborated to make France a worse place to visit in recent days might do something no one expects. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Oct. 2026 Could a movie that might be A24’s third-biggest awards priority really do something no other doc has ever done? — Nate Jones, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for do something

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