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did nothing

did nothing is the simple past of do nothing.

Meaning of do nothing

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 you" "Argh! And you do nothing but complain bout everything!"

Questions about did nothing

What is did nothing the simple past of?
Did nothing is the simple past of do nothing.

Words near did nothing in the dictionary

  1. did justice
  2. did lunch
  3. did more harm than good
  4. did my back hurt your knife
  5. did not bat
  6. did nothing
  7. did numbers
  8. did off
  9. did one's bit
  10. did one's business
  11. did one's damnedest

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Adapted from Wiktionary: did nothing (page history and authors); do nothing (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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