undid

past tense of undo
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Recent Examples of undid But when renovating an 18th-century apartment on a side street in the Marais, architect Clément Lesnoff-Rocard boldly undid a number of alterations to the home over the years. Felix Wagner, Architectural Digest, 11 July 2026 This movie completely undid my sense of what that type of filmmaking could be. Stephanie Bai, The Atlantic, 28 June 2026 Shamar Joseph then used the favorable overcast bowling conditions to perfection when his impeccable swing undid Kamindu Mendis, who left a delivery that swung back enough to knock back the off stump. ABC News, 28 June 2026 Instead, Sapphire undid her shorts. Literary Hub, 22 June 2026 Ryan Oksenhorn, co-founder of drone delivery startup Zipline, wrote in a post on X last month that his company was evaluating GitLab and Atlassian's Bitbucket after GitHub accidentally undid code revisions, and subsequently provided instructions on recovering changes. Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 May 2026 Specifically, the 2025 One Big Beautiful Bill Act undid parts of the Biden-era Inflation Reduction Act that had offered tax incentives for wind and solar. David Condos, NPR, 19 May 2026 Errors undid the Mets on Sunday in the desert as well. Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 11 May 2026 Mother Nature undid a chunk of that work last week when an EF1 tornado descended on the R2 plant amid an onslaught of more than 30 twisters across the state, according to the National Weather Service. Robert Channick, Chicago Tribune, 24 Apr. 2026
Recent Examples of Synonyms for undid
Verb
  • Lindsay Clancy, who was paralyzed by the injuries from her suicide attempt, was charged with three counts of murder and strangulation in her children’s deaths.
    Chelsea Bailey, CNN Money, 20 July 2026
  • In fact, if the knife had landed a centimeter to the left, she would have been paralyzed.
    Brianna Zigler, Entertainment Weekly, 17 July 2026
Verb
  • Because you can't get untied every time.
    Bailey Richards, PEOPLE, 14 June 2026
  • As the Knicks pulled away in the third quarter of Game 1, Hart bent down during a stoppage in play and, without saying a word, subtly untied the shoe of Fallon, who was seated courtside.
    Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 6 May 2026
Verb
  • The knee has mostly bothered Ohtani on the mound, rather than at the plate.
    Fabian Ardaya, New York Times, 18 July 2026
  • As of the time of this writing, almost four months after its publication, the text still contains a typo in its opening lines, suggesting to me that no one close to the author has even bothered to read it with care.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
Verb
  • But coyotes—anxious, clumsy, and scared to try new things—lagged far behind their mesopredator cousins.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 15 July 2026
  • Running into the real Santosh again amid that backdrop, Juyal asked him if the danger scared him.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 8 July 2026
Verb
  • That’s not something most people talked about or perhaps even knew about as officials loosened development regulations to boost housing construction.
    Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
  • These guidelines were loosened after the team's first two matches.
    Jamie Gray, NBC news, 9 July 2026
Verb
  • The idea of abandoning the whole schedule alarmed several health officials, including then-FDA commissioner Marty Makary and Tracy Beth Høeg, one of his top deputies, four sources said.
    CNN Money, CNN Money, 16 July 2026
  • The prospect of mass deportations to a country reeling from deadly gang warfare, a deepening humanitarian emergency and record numbers of people who have fled their homes has alarmed Haitians at home and abroad.
    Jacqueline Charles, Miami Herald, 16 July 2026
Verb
  • While some car companies have lobbied the government, terrified, asking to build protective walls to fend off cheap Chinese competition, others have looked at the problem from a different angle, trying to meet the moment.
    Jonathan M. Gitlin, ArsTechnica, 21 July 2026
  • Sebastian Krautz went viral on NBC10 Boston this week after admitting he was initially terrified to travel to the United States because of news about crime and safety.
    Lance Reynolds, Boston Herald, 4 July 2026
Verb
  • After the pink fabric is unfastened from styrofoam beams floating 200 feet out from each island, the sections are towed to shore and rolled up in bundles, Morgan said.
    Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 29 Apr. 2026
  • Skinny Pedro unfastened his seat belt and turned his seat around to face me.
    Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 12 Jan. 2026

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“Undid.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/undid. Accessed 22 Jul. 2026.

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