- present participle of undo.
undoing
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“Try again,” my instructor said, after undoing my mess.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 5, 2026
In LaSalle’s opinion, echoed by many critics at the time, the maudlin elements of the film’s third act are its undoing.
From Salon ● Jun. 28, 2026
Think of it as undoing all the bad things that sitting does.
From Barron's ● Jun. 27, 2026
A chaotic 13-minute spell from Manchester City in the second half of a six-goal thriller at Everton could prove to be the visitors' undoing in the Premier League title race.
From BBC ● May 4, 2026
She started undoing the traces and tossed her head at him.
From "Across Five Aprils" by Irene Hunt
The bills follow other subtle undoings that opponents have linked to prioritizing energy over conservation.
From Los Angeles Times ● Apr. 2, 2018
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
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
Besides, our own undoings lies upon't, Were there no other cause, I do not see, Why you should go: If I should say you should not.
From Beaumont & Fletcher's Works (8 of 10) The Womans Prize; The Island Princess; The Noble Gentleman; The Coronation; The Coxcomb by Beaumont, Francis
