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un·do Listen to audio/ˌʌnˈdu:/ verb
un·does; un·did Listen to audio/-ˈdɪd/ un·done Listen to audio/-ˈdʌn/ un·do·ing
[+ obj] 1 : to open or release (something) : to unfasten or loosen (something)
undo a belt/button/zipper She undid [=unbuttoned] her blouse. I can't undo [=untie] this knot.
2 : to change or stop the effect of (something) : reverse
You can't undo the past. The damage cannot be undone. (computers) Will the program let me undo a change if I make a mistake?
3 formal : to cause the failure of (someone or something)
He was undone by greed.
— see also undone

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