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You have 10 groups of 4 words:

  1. DUO, IRON, LINKS, ROCK
  2. ICE, LED, METAL, TIC
  3. DRILL, PI, WIN, WOO
  4. BRA, IGNITE, LOOM, RUBBISH
  5. AIR, DUST, GO, PAT
  6. AUDI, AURA, MEOW, SPEW
  7. GRIMM, HOOT, MUD, TAIL
  8. ASK, BELL, CATER, MEDIC
  9. BLITZ, CRUST, PLUS, SQUIRT
  10. CHERUB, SEE, SHIN, STEEL

And another group of 10 words:

A, LAUNCHER, NON, NOONE, NUN, PURR, TUN, TWO, WEED, WORM

The question is: What you gotta do? (The answer is 10 letters long)

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Extending @QuantumTwinkie's answer, and using the connect-wall tag, notice that there is a connection between each group of four words. (Note: I never would have gotten this without QuantumTwinkie's answer, so this is a true tag team effort.)

DUO, IRON, LINKS, ROCK

Makes Pokemon when a note (do, re, mi, fa, sol, la, ti) is added

DODUO, LAIRON, FALINKS, SOLROCK

ICE, LED, METAL, TIC

Makes Pokemon when a traditionally male name is added

REGICE, LEDIAN, MELMETAL, MILOTIC

DRILL, PI, WIN, WOO

Makes Pokemon when flying animal is added

BEEDRILL, PIDOVE, WINGULL, WOOBAT

BRA, IGNITE, LOOM, RUBBISH

Makes Pokemon when a single letter is added at the beginning of the word

ABRA, PIGNITE, GLOOM, TRUBBISH

AIR, DUST, GO, PAT

Makes Pokemon when an animal in the Chinese zodiac is added

DRAGONAIR, DUSTOX, GOGOAT, PATRAT

AUDI, AURA, MEOW, SPEW

Makes Pokemon when a two letter atomic symbol is added
Specifically, the atomic symbol of an actinide series element...thanks to @oAlt.

AUDINO, AMAURA, MEOWTH, SPEWPA

GRIMM, HOOT, MUD, TAIL

Makes Pokemon when word describing a sound is added

GRIMMSNARL, HOOTHOOT, MUDBRAY, TAILLOW (low as in cows lowing)

ASK, BELL, CATER, MEDIC

Makes Pokemon when a food is added

YAMASK, BELLSPROUT, CATERPIE, MEDICHAM

BLITZ, CRUST, PLUS, SQUIRT

Makes Pokemon when "le" is added to the end

BLITZLE, CRUSTLE, PLUSLE, SQUIRTLE

CHERUB, SEE, SHIN, STEEL

Makes Pokemon when Roman number is added

CHERUBI, SEEL, SHINX, STEELIX

A, LAUNCHER, NON, NOONE, NUN, PURR, TUN, TWO, WEED, WORM

This group of 10 contains one member from each of the previous groups!

HORSEA, CLAUNCHER, TOUCANNON, LINOONE, MINUN, ESPURR, APPLETUN, MEWTWO, WEEDLE, WORMADAM

Finishing up:

First, reorder the Pokemon in the tenth group to correspond with the order of the categories as they appear above:

MINUN, WORMADAM, TOUCANNON, CLAUNCHER, HORSEA, ESPURR, MEWTWO, APPLETUN, WEEDLE, LINOONE

Then take the first letter of each added component to read MATCH 'EM ALL!.

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    $\begingroup$ YES! This is a perfect answer - well done :) You can, in fact, be even more specific about the connection for group 6... $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Jul 21, 2020 at 12:14
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    $\begingroup$ @Stiv I don't know if it matters, but all those are either lanthanides or actinides, are they not? :0 $\endgroup$
    – oAlt
    Jul 21, 2020 at 12:49
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    $\begingroup$ @oAlt Pick one! (Yes) :) $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Jul 21, 2020 at 12:50
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    $\begingroup$ Thanks @oAlt! It actually does matter...if I had seen that, it would have made the last step easier, since I originally messed it up. $\endgroup$
    – Jeremy Dover
    Jul 21, 2020 at 12:59
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    $\begingroup$ Great finds!! :) $\endgroup$
    – Goose
    Jul 21, 2020 at 13:00
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Many of these words relate to Pokemon.

DUO, IRON, LINKS, ROCK

Doublade(Houndour), Lairon, Falinks, Solrock(Regirock)

ICE, LED, METAL, TIC

Regice, Ledyba(Ledian), Melmetal, Milotic

DRILL, PI, WIN, WOO

Beedrill(Excadrill), Piplup, Swinub, Woobat

BRA, IGNITE, LOOM, RUBBISH

Abra, Pignite, Gloom, Trubbish

AIR, DUST, GO, PAT

Celfairy(Dragonair), Dustox, Gogoat(Pangoro), Patrat

AUDI, AURA, MEOW, SPEW

Audino, Amaura, Meowth, Spewpa

GRIMM, HOOT, MUD, TAIL

Grimmsnarl, Hoothoot, Mudkip, Taillow

ASK, BELL, CATER, MEDIC

Ninjask, Bellsprout, Caterpie, Medicham

BLITZ, CRUST, PLUS, SQUIRT

Blitzle, Crustle, Plusle, Squirtle

CHERUB, SEE, SHIN, STEEL

Cherubi, Seedot, Shinx, Registeel(Steelix)

A, LAUNCHER, NON, NOONE, NUN, PURR, TUN, TWO, WEED, WORM

Stakataka, Clauncher, Tuacannon, Linoone, Minun, Espurr, Stunky, Mewtwo, Weedle, Wormadam

That means,

You gotta catch 'em all!

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    $\begingroup$ You have the seed of an idea here, but there's still a lot to solve...! Note the tags... :) $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Jul 20, 2020 at 23:18
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    $\begingroup$ @Stiv, I will keep looking! $\endgroup$
    – Goose
    Jul 20, 2020 at 23:21
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    $\begingroup$ Note: These are not just random lists - why have I carefully chosen them? (Again, see the tags) Also, your guess at the final answer is educated but not yet correct. Among your guesses, you have correctly identified 42 of the 50 so far - you need to choose between some of your ambiguities and replace others which are incorrect. So how can you decide which ones are right and which are wrong?? Hmmm... $\endgroup$
    – Stiv
    Jul 21, 2020 at 7:38
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    $\begingroup$ Sorry to snipe! I was just going to comment about the categories, but then I realized I had the whole thing. I never would have gotten it without your answer, though! $\endgroup$
    – Jeremy Dover
    Jul 21, 2020 at 12:09

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