Past tense of undo
irregular verb
The past tense of undo is undid. The past participle is undone.
Forms of undo
| Base form (V1) | undo /ʌnˈduː/ |
|---|---|
| Past tense (V2) | undid /ʌnˈdɪd/ |
| Past participle (V3) | undone /ʌnˈdʌn/ |
| Present participle | undoing /ʌnˈduːɪŋ/ |
| Third person singular | undoes /ʌnˈdʌz/ |
Undid and undone in a sentence
- What's done can't be undone.
- But Wigan undid their good work by conceding an avoidable second goal deep into first-half injury time.2011 October 15, Michael Da Silva, “Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton”, in BBC Sport
- This is one doodle that can’t be undid, homeskillet.2007, Diablo Cody, Juno, spoken by Rollo (Rainn Wilson). From the entry homeskillet
- Justice Brett Kavanaugh undid an order by a lower court that barred immigration authorities from using ethnicity as cause to arrest and detain.2026 February 3, Ricardo Pimentel, “As the ICE crackdown continues, empathy lives and hope stays alive”, in Wisconsin Examiner. From the entry Kavanaugh stop
- Then, bending forward, he undid Charlie's pants and slid them down his legs. ¶ Lowering himself, Wade pressed his face against Charlie's package, still encased in his whities.2012, Terry O’Reilly, Stallions and Studs: Shoulda Been a Cowboy. From the entry whities
Meaning of undo
- verb To reverse the effects of an action.
- verb To unfasten.
- verb To unfasten the clothing of (a person).
Verbs like undo
Questions about the past tense of undo
- What is the past tense of undo?
- The past tense of undo is undid.
- What is the past participle of undo?
- The past participle of undo is undone.
- Is undo a regular or irregular verb?
- Undo is an irregular verb: its past tense is not formed with -ed.
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: undo (page history and authors) and the entries of its forms. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws left out forms marked obsolete, archaic, rare or dialectal and added the examples. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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