(~s, ~ing, ~ed)
1.
If you ~ a piece of sewing, you remove the stitches from it.
You can always ~ the hems on the dungarees if you don’t like them.
= undo
VERB: V n
2.
If someone ~s a plan or policy, they disagree with it and examine it thoroughly in order to find any mistakes that they can use to defeat it. (BRIT)
A statesman who ought to know better wants to ~ last year’s reform of Europe’s common agricultural policy.
VERB: V n