- present participle of undo.
undoing
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Instead of taking pleasure in the Witch’s undoing, Sophie tenderly cares for her.
From Salon ● Aug. 4, 2026
A spell has erased Peter Parker from the world’s memory — the price of undoing the public exposure of his identity — leaving him a stranger to his best friend, Ned, and to MJ.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 30, 2026
“They really don’t get credit for doing something bad and then undoing it,” U.S.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 23, 2026
Think of it as undoing all the bad things that sitting does.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
Reaching up, I begin undoing my braid, combing it out with my fingers.
From "The Cruel Prince" by Holly Black
The bills follow other subtle undoings that opponents have linked to prioritizing energy over conservation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2018
This novel ends where Shakespeare's Hamlet begins--after Act I, Scene 2, to be precise--and fills in the story of what the dramatis personae might have been up to before their tragic undoings at Elsinore.
From Time Magazine Archive
Worldly doings and undoings on and around a posh golf course.
From Time Magazine Archive
One of the production's inspired touches is to punctuate the private doings and undoings of the characters with snatches of contemporaneous news footage.
From Time Magazine Archive
Her short teaching experience had shown her that the only way to gain children's confidence is not to display too great a curiosity in regard to their comings and goings, their doings and undoings.
From Flamsted quarries by G. Patrick Nelson
