undo
verb (used with object)
to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done.
were undoing
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past progressiveof undo.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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I was put into a position and we were undoing it.
From BBC ● Jul. 21, 2024
And here were people who were undoing the institution.
From Slate ● Feb. 1, 2022
BY THE 1980S, Turin, like Detroit, was suffering from the same forces that were undoing all the old automotive cities.
From New York Times ● May 10, 2017
That's what he was a few years ago, when his "stupid pet tricks" and Top 10 lists were undoing the conventions of the late-night talk show.
From Time Magazine Archive
As they were undoing the gate, the light fell on a coil of rope they had set down there, and a bag which I guess had copper of some kind in it.
From When London Burned : a Story of Restoration Times and the Great Fire by G. A. (George Alfred) Henty
