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undo English

Meaning undo meaning

What does undo mean?
Definitions in simple English

undo Verb

— If you undo an action, you reverse it. We can undo the damage to the system. — If you undo something, unfasten it. Could you undo my buckle for me? — If you undo something in a computer program, you reverse a change done in the file. I had to undo all of the bad edits that my naughty little brother made.

undo Noun

— An undo is a function in a computer program that can reverse a change done to a file. This program can do up to 20 undoes.

undo

— verb cancel, annul, or reverse an action or its effect I wish I could undo my actions — verb (= unmake) deprive of certain characteristics — verb cause the ruin or downfall of A single mistake undid the President and he had to resign — verb (= unwrap) remove the outer cover or wrapping of Let's unwrap the gifts! undo the parcel — verb (= untie, loosen) cause to become loose undo the shoelace untie the knot loosen the necktie

Synonyms undo synonyms

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undo English » English

untie unfasten loosen take off open loose unbind unlock release unravel unbutton destroy unloose unlace unclasp disengage detach unhook unwrap untwist untwine unmake unloosen unhitch unzip unleash unlatch uncover unbuckle unbotton ruin reverse reveal free dismantle devastate demolish confess cancel begin unwind untangle unroll unpin unpack unbox unbolt unbar take to pieces take apart

Topics undo topics

What do people use undo to talk about?
Physical actions Arrange

Tie
Physical actions Break, wear out

Repair

Conjugation undo conjugation

How do you conjugate undo?

undo · verb

Examples undo examples

How do I use undo in a sentence?

Simple sentences

I can't undo it.
We have to undo what was done.
I wish I could undo the injustice that has occurred. Unfortunately, that is not possible.
You cannot undo what has already been done.
Don't undo your bootlaces until you have seen the river.

Movie subtitles

Leave it to me and Kemp. We shall work day and night to undo this experiment.
Get your hair down over your eyes and undo your buttons.
Undo his hands.
Dr. Hartz, we want you to undo those bandages and let us take a look at your patient's face.
I can't undo the wrongs that you've suffered. but I beg of you, let the dead past remain buried.
Isn't that why you're now trying to undo what you've done. by taking some part of Stephen Tolliver's guilt to yourself?
It is in your hands to undo the crimes my father and grandfather committed.
Excuse me, please, would you undo your shirt?
Marry, if you put me to verses, or to dance for your sake, Kate, why, you undo me.
Any exertion might undo everything I hope we've accomplished.
But you can't undo a murder.
There is none to undo.
Understanding my friend Totsky's scruples, I only tried to help him undo his wrongs.
Do you seriously believe one can undo a rape?
We shall work day and night to undo this experiment.
I work day and night to arrange an advantageous marriage someday, and you undo everything.
We want you to undo the bandages and let us see your patients face.
I have to undo this.
We must speak by the card, or equivocation will undo us.
There's one way to undo your foolishness.
Then if it's just a cruel whim of Dardo's. couldn't you undo the chain?
If I could undo what's happend.
The first mate thinks he can undo Vallo, but his plan may fail.
Regretting it won't undo it.
Undo that thing and don't argue!
Albert, come and undo this padlock.
If you only pumped water on your head, you didn't have to undo your shirt collar where I sewed it, did you?
Marry, if you put me to verses or to dance for your sake, Kate, why you undo me.
Undo your own buttons.
For the heat strokes, it is necessary to undo everything that is tight.
What he would do one day, he would gladly undo the next.
In the parlor! We haven't put out all this expense to undo it all!
I really don't want to fight him. To go against him. it's to undo everything.
I think you must have been sent over here by the enemy to destroy our relations with the Japanese and undo all the work that's been done by the Republicans!
It's a shame, but you can't undo it now.
Undo what you've done. How could you have suffered them to come here?

News and current affairs

State monopolies undo what private businesses created.
But it is also true that if China and India continue to increase their output of greenhouse gases, they will eventually undo all the good that would be achieved by deep emissions cuts in the industrialized nations.
Indeed, the populist rhetoric of Egyptian politicians threatens to undo the economic reforms undertaken by the Mubarak regime.
What Holocaust deniers seek most is to undo the idea that Nazi crimes should have any impact on current international relations or on global notions of morality.
How can we undo the imbalances of economies - China, followed far behind by Europe - exporting massively to the United States or to the dollar zone?
To paraphrase John F. Kennedy, it is time for Japan's leaders to ask not what their country can do for its government, but what the government can undo for its country.
Counter-cyclical policy can moderate these negative effects, but it cannot undo the damage or accelerate the recovery beyond fairly strict limits.
If Americans don't start embracing their friends in Latin America, it may take a generation to undo the damage.
But their ability to undo their mistakes is limited.
And there are also the efforts to stop and undo the effects of past crimes.
The consequences of this excessive indebtedness will take years to undo.
Both sought to undo the work of their successful predecessors, Bill Clinton and Boris Yeltsin.
Even Ariel Sharon's break from Likud and the establishment of Kadima, a genuine embodiment of moderate Middle Israel, did not undo the stalemate.
John Paul II demonstrated that moral force was a weapon potent enough to undo Yalta's division of the world.
No amount of money will undo the damage done.
First and foremost, a shift in currency policy would undermine - indeed, undo - the progress that China has made on the road to reform and rebalancing.
So my guess is that if nothing else goes terribly wrong, politics will not undo the global economy.
The August revolution of 1991 appeared to undo much of the anti-Semitic nastiness imposed since 1917.
But the global financial crisis threatens to undo this progress by reducing investment, exports and aid just as they should be expanding to build on these successes.
One such revisionist power was Egypt, which resolved to undo its 1967 defeat by Israel and regain the Sinai Peninsula.
It is too late to undo the bad forecasts and mistaken policies that have marked the aftermath of the financial crisis, but it is not too late to do better.

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