do something
idiom
: to take some sort of action to help a situation
Don't just stand there: do something!
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The opportunity to do something creative where we’re both fulfilled.
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Jan. 2025
Various law enforcement experts told the Miami Herald that, willing victims or not, that’s the kind of information police departments should do something about: sternly warn the coach, survey parents and students, conduct surveillance.
—Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Later in the day, a parent or boss might do something unexpected.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 2 Jan. 2025
This sentiment was compiled by the country’s discontentment with gun violence and the government’s unwillingness to do something about it.
—Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
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Lea Veloso, StyleCaster, 5 Jan. 2025
Various law enforcement experts told the Miami Herald that, willing victims or not, that’s the kind of information police departments should do something about: sternly warn the coach, survey parents and students, conduct surveillance.
—Ana Claudia Chacin, Miami Herald, 2 Jan. 2025
Later in the day, a parent or boss might do something unexpected.
—Georgia Nicols, The Denver Post, 2 Jan. 2025
This sentiment was compiled by the country’s discontentment with gun violence and the government’s unwillingness to do something about it.
—Dr. Marcus Collins, Forbes, 18 Dec. 2024
See all Example Sentences for do something
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“Do something.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/do%20something. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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