English Translation
They didn’t know what to do with him.
They didn’t know what to do with him.doesn’t ne…que mean “only”?
I know the “pas” gets dropped sometimes.
It can indeed mean that, for example in:
Je ne veux que la paix dans le monde
But here it doesn’t have that meaning. I think the translation is fine (I’m assuming the translation was english → french), although I’d say that maybe something like “They knew not what to do with him” would perhaps better match the tone.
A more everyday translation could be (that actually includes the “pas” that you mentioned):
Ils ne savaient pas quoi faire de lui
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