undo
verb (used with object)
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done.
had undone
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past perfectof undo.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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A board member said in late August that markets rallying while the economic growth outlook weakened had undone some of the bank's monetary tightening.
From Reuters ● Sep. 14, 2023
The move to the Michigan farm and the strains of his new, high-profile job had undone him — dissolving his sense of humor, coiling him with anxiety, rendering him more demanding, more intense.
From New York Times ● Nov. 24, 2020
I had not thought Pee-wee had undone so many.
From Slate ● Dec. 19, 2018
Ryan, at 45 the youngest speaker in nearly 150 years, was thought to be the only one capable of managing the fractious House Republicans who had undone Boehner.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 11, 2018
By the time she got to the door he had undone the complicated wire cap and was letting the cold milk run into his mouth.
From "Sula" by Toni Morrison
