to redo
- verb
- /ˌriːˈduː/
- He realized his calculations were incorrect, so he had to redo the math problem.
- redo the assignment
Pinching them here and having to redo the whole thing sucks.
- Pinching them here and having to redo the whole thing sucks.
- I just had my breasts redone a few months ago.
- You could redo the Don Knotts movies.
- If it's not, please redo this step on your own.
- And so we redid things, flew my wife out.
Examples
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Because of time restrictions, the students were instructed to redo only the third problem and then complete the final problem.
Academic text (2013) -
"Many companies had to go back and redo designs of the pieces they'd been making for years," he added.
Academic text (2005) -
So we need to redo this, certainly.
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If it's not, please redo this step on your own.
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No, but I am going to redo that in just a second.
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You know that, and then we can redo it before you guys start.
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I have to redo all that.
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I'm giving you another chance to redo the problem set.
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We're gonna have to redo every conversation we've ever had.
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So we have to redo Emily's party scene, live.
Synonyms
To make a new version of a text to improve or change it
Change the look or plan of something, like a website, to make it better
To make something again in a new or better way
To change something again to make it better
To calculate numbers again to correct or update them
To draw something again to make it better or more correct
Change a plan or system to make it work better
Change how something looks or works to improve it
Treat something again so it can be used or made better
Type something again to correct or update it
Write something again to make it better
Cut something again to improve or change it
To change something into a new or different form
Repeat a test or experiment to check the results
Arrange parts again in a new way, like a picture or song
To calculate something again to update or correct it
To change and improve an idea, plan, or computer program
To write or type something again to fix mistakes
To make a new plan after changes or problems
Change something written, filmed, or recorded to improve it
Make something again so it looks like the original
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Etymology
Redo is made of the parts re- meaning 'again' and do, so it literally means 'do again'. That's why to redo something is to do it again to fix or improve it.