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Synonyms for undo


Grammar : Verb
Spell : uhn-doo
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈdu

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Définition of undo

Origin :
  • Old English undon "to unfasten and open" (a window or door), "to unfasten by releasing from a fixed position," from un- (2) + do (v.). The notion is of "to annul something that was done." Related: Undone; undoing.
  • verb open
  • verb nullify, invalidate
Example sentences :
  • Come, captain, undo these ropes, and make up your mind quickly.
  • Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
  • Come down, and undo the shop window, that I may get in that way.'
  • Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
  • If a man can do whatever he thinks of—can he undo that which he has done?
  • Extract from : « Now We Are Three » by Joe L. Hensley
  • No; but to go on as if hard work now can ever undo what years of idleness have done.
  • Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
  • And, if I haply had erred, to undo the wrong, and release you.
  • Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
  • I must find this subtle poison which was strong enough to undo the elixir.
  • Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
  • You set out to undo the effects of his libel and to punish him for his outrage.
  • Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
  • Then it would be too late to refuse and too late to undo what had been done.
  • Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
  • Naught more had been needed to undo me than this spur of jealousy.
  • Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
  • But, come, be quick and undo this, and I 'll tell you all about it.'
  • Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever

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