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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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 So the team wondered if the boundary between water and plastic might do something similar. — Jacek Krywko, ArsTechnica, 15 Oct. 2026 There are even times when an NFL coach will say or do something really dumb that makes news. — Armando Salguero Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026 Don’t just do something like jazz hands because SNL tells him to do it to get on TV. — Andy Hoglund, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Oct. 2026 See All Example Sentences for do something

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