Definitions for undo

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undo un·do

Spelling: [uhn-doo]

IPA: /ʌnˈdu/

Undo is a 4 letter English word. It's valid Scrabble word worth 5 points. It's valid Words with friends word worth 7 points.

You can make 26 anagrams from letters in undo (dnou).

Definitions for undo

verb (used with object)

1. to reverse the doing of; cause to be as if never done:
2. to do away with; erase; efface:
3. to bring to ruin or disaster; destroy:
4. to unfasten by releasing:
5. to untie or loose (a knot, rope, etc.).
6. to open (a package, wrapping, etc.).
7. Archaic. to explain; interpret.

Origin of undo

before 900; Middle English; Old English undōn; cognate with Dutch ontdoen. See un-², do¹

Examples for undo

We should undo that double standard by offering similar protections to every young Black man who is arrested in this country.

And, if I haply had erred, to undo the wrong, and release you.

If a man can do whatever he thinks of—can he undo that which he has done?

And yet, ultimately, the Supreme Court holds the power to uphold or undo what it has taken him years to accomplish.

Come down, and undo the shop window, that I may get in that way.'

Come, captain, undo these ropes, and make up your mind quickly.

Underlying all of this legal maneuvering is the social fact that marriages are hard to undo.

But then the question becomes, how do you undo gerrymandering?

The wind and the dust in this climate can undo even the hardiest things.

No; but to go on as if hard work now can ever undo what years of idleness have done.