do things to

Meaning

1. do things to sb

   to have a powerful emotional effect on sb

   That song just does things to me.

In the movies · 2

• I mean a real fuckin' animal. He used to do things to her.Reservoir Dogs1992
• ¶ I must philosophise with all the guys ¶ Around Montmartre and Montparnasse ¶ I'm strictly tourist ¶ But I couldn't care less ¶ When they parlez-vous me ¶ Then I gotta confess ¶ That's for me ¶ Bonjour, Paris ¶ Light up the Louvre museum ¶ Jazz up the Latin quarter ¶ To show the richest and the poorest ¶ Here it comes ¶ The great American tourist ¶ This has got to be illegal ¶ What I feel ¶ Très gai, très chic, très magnifique ¶ C'est moi, c'est vous, c'est grand, c'est tutu ¶ It's too good to be true ¶ All the things we can do ¶ You do things to my point of view ¶ We can show you the north ¶ Or we can show you the south ¶ Then we can show you the west ¶ Come on and show me the bestFunny Face1957
• We do things toThe Way Way Back2013
• Women who'll do things to you you'll never forget.3:10 to Yuma2007
• Well, sometimes we do things to draw attention,The Sixth Sense1999
• You don t have to do things to me to make me talk I ll tell you everythingThe Man from U.N.C.L.E.2015
• Let's do things differently this time.Spider-Man: Across the Spider-Verse2023
• Eric, this is not how we do things.Straight Outta Compton2015

Learn it in full scenes

• Reservoir Dogs1992
  • The Madonna Theory Debate
  • Mr. Pink Refuses to Tip
  • Mr. White Reassures Mr. Orange
• The Way Way Back2013
  • Trent Rates Duncan a Three
  • Betty Welcomes the New Neighbors
  • Dinner at Trent's Beach House

From the same entry

• A is one thing, B is another
• all things being equal
• and things
• be all things to all men
• come to the same thing
• be a good thing
• be no bad thing
• be onto a good thing
• do your own thing
• first thing
• first things first
• for one thing