UNDO


Meaning of UNDO in English

transcription, транскрипция: [ ʌndu: ]

( undoes, undoing, undid, undone)

1.

If you undo something that is closed, tied, or held together, or if you undo the thing holding it, you loosen or remove the thing holding it.

I managed secretly to undo a corner of the parcel...

Some clamps that had held the device together came undone.

VERB : V n , V-ed

2.

To undo something that has been done means to reverse its effect.

She knew it would be difficult to undo the damage that had been done...

If Michael won, he would undo everything I have fought for.

VERB : V n , V n

3.

see also undoing , undone

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