From Longman Dictionary of Contemporary Englishsee what somebody/something can dosee what somebody/something can dospoken a) FIND OUTto find out if someone can deal with a situation or problemsee what somebody/something can do about I’ll call them again and see what they can do about it. b) FIND OUTto find out how good someone or something is at what they are supposed to be able to do Let’s take the Porsche out to the racetrack and see what it can do! → see
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see what somebody/something can do• I will go into the streets and see what I can do.• Perdita saw what they can do.• The depth on this team -- you saw what Ship can do.• Why not see what you can do?• But I don't see what you can do about it.• I hardly see what I can do that the consul can't.• Will he see what he can do to persuade the public sector to follow the private sector's practice in this case? 