undo
verb (used with object), un·did, un·done, un·do·ing.
Origin of undo
Related Words for undo
unlock, unravel, loosen, mar, reverse, wreck, subvert, ruin, shatter, abolish, quash, spoil, offset, negate, destroy, overturn, undermine, annul, unloosen, unbindExamples from the Web for undo
Contemporary Examples of undo
But then the question becomes, how do you undo gerrymandering?
We should undo that double standard by offering similar protections to every young Black man who is arrested in this country.
And yet, ultimately, the Supreme Court holds the power to uphold or undo what it has taken him years to accomplish.
Underlying all of this legal maneuvering is the social fact that marriages are hard to undo.
The wind and the dust in this climate can undo even the hardiest things.
Whatever You Do Someone Will Die. A Short Story About Impossible Choices in IraqNathan Bradley Bethea
August 31, 2014
Historical Examples of undo
Come, captain, undo these ropes, and make up your mind quickly.
In the Midst of AlarmsRobert Barr
Come down, and undo the shop window, that I may get in that way.'
Barnaby RudgeCharles Dickens
If a man can do whatever he thinks of—can he undo that which he has done?
Now We Are ThreeJoe L. Hensley
No; but to go on as if hard work now can ever undo what years of idleness have done.
The First ViolinJessie Fothergill
And, if I haply had erred, to undo the wrong, and release you.
PoemsWilliam D. Howells