to undo
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5.4
- verb
- /ʌnˈdu/
:
arruinar
- Ulster Unionists saw Home Rule as a conspiracy, a conspiracy to undo the Ulster plantation - and that was something which could not be allowed.
- tried to undo
- threatens to undo
- attempt to undo
The special affairs staff was the component of the CIA who had been trying to kill Castro and UN basically undo his regime for years.
- The special affairs staff was the component of the CIA who had been trying to kill Castro and UN basically undo his regime for years.
- A narcissistic person can undo a person's self esteem faster than locusts can take out a field.
- And he is undone by this action, by this choice that he's made in a moment that defines him.
Examples
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I mean to undo the flaws in my character.
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Do not open this door or you will undo everything I've worked for.
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The first phase is undo the damage of the last four years.
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Toward the end of his life, a man seeks to undo the damage he has caused.
Fiction book (1996) -
Killing this one individual might well prevent the war and undo the whole course of disasters that followed.
Fiction book (2000) -
In most former communist countries, the collapse of the system did not undo the lives of party officials.
Academic text (2008) -
And when something shows up that threatens to undo all of those things, well then it's really easy to avoid it.
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White conservatives had led "the most comprehensive effort to undo Reconstruction" in the South.
Academic text (2011) -
Gingrich promised to undo the legacy of the 1960s by eliminating the Great Society programs.
Academic text (1994) -
The scandal threatened to undo the politician's career completely.
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Etymology
Undo also once had a stronger sense: un- ('not') plus do could mean 'make not done' or destroy. So to be undone can mean to be ruined or brought down by something like a serious mistake.