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Undo   /əndˈu/   Listen
Undo

verb
(past undid; past part. undone; pres. part. undoing)
1.
Cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect.
2.
Deprive of certain characteristics.  Synonym: unmake.
3.
Cause the ruin or downfall of.
4.
Cause to become loose.  Synonyms: loosen, untie.  "Untie the knot" , "Loosen the necktie"
5.
Remove the outer cover or wrapping of.  Synonym: unwrap.  "Undo the parcel"



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"Undo" Quotes from Famous Books



... horse in a twinkling, and trotted his bandy legs to undo the door, as to a gentleman who paid. This act of ...
— The Shaving of Shagpat • George Meredith

... to my room, fetched my revolver, slipped it into my pocket, and hurried to the front door. The landlord heard me trying to undo the bolts, and came ...
— Desert Air - 1905 • Robert Hichens

... my father, solemnly, "this is my first lesson to our child,—the sanctity and the happiness of self-sacrifice; undo not what it should ...
— The Caxtons, Complete • Edward Bulwer-Lytton

... persons. Thanks to our own recklessness in the use of our splendid forests, we have already crossed the verge of a timber famine in this country, and no measures that we now take can, at least for many years, undo the mischief that has already been done. But we can prevent further mischief being done; and it would be in the highest degree reprehensible to let any consideration of temporary convenience or temporary cost ...
— Complete State of the Union Addresses from 1790 to the Present • Various

... establishments, that the people might be spared the burden of needless taxes;—and within this decade he had also scaled down the national debt one-half, so that posterity might not be saddled with burdens not of its own choosing. And now war threatened to undo his work. The young republic was after all not to lead its own life, realize a unique destiny, but to tread the old well-worn path of war, armaments, and high-handed government. Well, he would save what he could, do his best to avert "perpetual taxation, military establishments, ...
— Jefferson and his Colleagues - A Chronicle of the Virginia Dynasty, Volume 15 In The - Chronicles Of America Series • Allen Johnson


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