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undid

Syllables: un·did/ʌnˈdɪd/

undid is the simple past of undo.

Meaning of undo

Verb

undo (third-person singular simple present undoes, present participle undoing, simple past undid, past participle undone)

  1. (transitive) To reverse the effects of an action.
    • Fortunately, we can undo most of the damage to the system by the war.
    Synonyms:
    cancel, reverse
  2. (transitive) To unfasten.
    • Could you undo my buckle for me?
  3. (colloquial, transitive) To unfasten the clothing of (a person).
    • PROSTITUTE: Undo me. There's a dear.1971, Dr Jekyll and Sister Hyde (film)
  4. (figuratively, transitive) To impoverish or ruin, as in reputation; to cause the downfall of.
    • Woe is me, for I am undone!1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC

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Words that rhyme with undid

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Questions about undid

What is undid the simple past of?
Undid is the simple past of undo.
How do you pronounce undid?
Undid is pronounced /ʌnˈdɪd/.

Words near undid in the dictionary

  1. undichotomous
  2. undictated
  3. undictating
  4. undictatorial
  5. undictionaried
  6. undid
  7. undidactic
  8. undidactically
  9. undie
  10. undie run
  11. undie runs

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Adapted from Wiktionary: undid (page history and authors); undo (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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