do nothing

English

Verb

do nothing (third-person singular simple present does nothing, present participle doing nothing, simple past did nothing, past participle done nothing)

1. To not take any action; to fail to do or accomplish something.

   That colour does nothing for him.

   The new zero tolerance rules did nothing to make the school safer and improve its atmosphere; in fact, these rules may have made the school less safe and less desirable instead.

   • 2023 May 31, Nigel Harris, “GBR now! We have no Plan B”, in RAIL, number 984, page 3:

     But doing nothing is not an option. Our railway has been drifting, leaderless, for a couple of years. Sunak should also ponder as he panders.