Why did you do it?

Meaning: This means to ask someone the reason or purpose for their action. It's like saying, Can you explain to me why you did that?

Choice of Words: Why is a question word used to ask about the reason or purpose for something. Did is a past tense form of the verb do, which means to perform an action. You is a pronoun that refers to the person being spoken to. It is a pronoun that refers to something that has already been mentioned or is understood from the context. When you put them together, "Why did you do it?" means to ask about the reason or purpose for someone's action.

Alternative Expressions

Related Expressions

• Why did you do that?
• He did not know why.
• Where did you go?
• You did a very good job.
• Why is it?
• The owl explained why fighting was bad.
• The boy wondered why the sky was blue.
• Wolf angrily asked, "Why so proud?"
• Try to understand why someone thinks the way they do.
• They were best friends and did everything together.