Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples
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Word:
undo
IPA transcription: [ənd'u]
verb
meaning of the word
Synonyms:
undo
Meaning:
cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect; "I wish I could undo my actions"
Synonyms:
unmake, undo
Meaning:
deprive of certain characteristics
Usage examples
How much work, badly done, I am now having to undo.
"And now undo my bundle, Joe," said the first woman.
Never does it cease: never does it begin to act oppositely and undo what it has done.
But as soon as the king was well gone, the white bear came and begged her to undo his collar.
"And, Morton," he added, when the butler brought the coffee, "get me a screwdriver or something to undo this box.
"But the real usefulness of this magic power," I thought, "would be to undo some harm, some painful event, some accident--"
Do not distress yourself. I, like my high priests in Lombard Street, can undo the work of flames. Kindly open the casement.'
Your portion is unhappily so small that it will in all likelihood undo the effects of your loveliness and amiable qualifications.
Let him undo himself!' Teddy shook his head, and then stole softly back to the tree, Nancy following him at a respectful distance.
'And he would never have been caught if he hadn't gone back to undo him,' put in Nancy; 'so he oughtn't to have been punished at all.'