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Antonyms for undo
Grammar : Verb |
Spell : uhn-doo |
Phonetic Transcription : ʌnˈdu |
Definition of undo
Origin :- Old English undon "to unfasten and open" (a window or door), "to unfasten by releasing from a fixed position," from un- (2) + do (v.). The notion is of "to annul something that was done." Related: Undone; undoing.
- verb open
- verb nullify, invalidate
- Come, captain, undo these ropes, and make up your mind quickly.
- Extract from : « In the Midst of Alarms » by Robert Barr
- Come down, and undo the shop window, that I may get in that way.'
- Extract from : « Barnaby Rudge » by Charles Dickens
- If a man can do whatever he thinks of—can he undo that which he has done?
- Extract from : « Now We Are Three » by Joe L. Hensley
- No; but to go on as if hard work now can ever undo what years of idleness have done.
- Extract from : « The First Violin » by Jessie Fothergill
- And, if I haply had erred, to undo the wrong, and release you.
- Extract from : « Poems » by William D. Howells
- I must find this subtle poison which was strong enough to undo the elixir.
- Extract from : « The Captain of the Pole-Star and Other Tales » by Arthur Conan Doyle
- You set out to undo the effects of his libel and to punish him for his outrage.
- Extract from : « The Eternal City » by Hall Caine
- Then it would be too late to refuse and too late to undo what had been done.
- Extract from : « The Rise of Roscoe Paine » by Joseph C. Lincoln
- Naught more had been needed to undo me than this spur of jealousy.
- Extract from : « The Strolling Saint » by Raphael Sabatini
- But, come, be quick and undo this, and I 'll tell you all about it.'
- Extract from : « Arthur O'Leary » by Charles James Lever
Synonyms for undo
- abate
- abolish
- abrogate
- annihilate
- annul
- break
- bring down
- bring to naught
- cancel
- cramp
- craze
- crimp
- decimate
- defeat
- demolish
- destroy
- disengage
- disentangle
- free
- have
- impoverish
- injure
- loose
- loosen
- make waves
- mar
- negate
- neutralize
- offset
- outfox
- outmaneuver
- outsmart
- overreach
- overthrow
- overturn
- quash
- queer
- raze
- release
- reverse
- ruin
- screw up
- shatter
- skin
- smash
- spoil
- stymie
- subvert
- unbind
- unblock
- unbuild
- unbutton
- unclose
- undermine
- unfasten
- unfix
- unlock
- unloose
- unloosen
- unravel
- unsettle
- unshut
- unstop
- untie
- unwrap
- upset
- vitiate
- wipe out
- wrack
- wreck
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