which they never do

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Mike Hussey

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Spenser: It's simple. The FBI does not solve crime, they manage them. They play some big abstract game, trying to trade-up for some vague masterplan, a big fish, which they never do.

What does "do" refer to?

Source: Spenser Confidential (a 2020 American action comedy film directed by Peter Berg)
 
Trade up. The hyphen in the quoted text is incorrect.
 
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