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The phrase "able to do something" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to express someone's capability or capacity to perform a specific action or task.
Example: "After months of training, she is finally able to do something she once thought was impossible."
Alternatives: "capable of doing something" or "competent to perform something".
Idiom
To be/feel up to doing something.
To be capable of or fit for something.
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Scott: "…Being able to do something.
Doctors "want to be able to do something," she says.
"Patients feel they are able to do something about it.
It's so stupid not to be able to do something".
"When you play every day, you're able to do something.
We were able to do something about it today".
I do hope they'll be able to do something".
Being able to do something positive, however big or small.
Being able to do something I love for a living.
Sometimes, for a moment, I thought I would be able to do something.
I love to be able to do something in a confined space.
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powerless to do something
possible to do something
willing to do something
likely to do something
ready to do something
impossible to do something
allowed to do something
skills to do something
authorized to do something
ability to do something
used to do something
prepared to do something
able to fix something
able to start something
able to deliver something
able to bring something
able to prove something
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