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un·do·ing
(ŭn-do͞o′ĭng)v.
Present participle of undo.
n.
1. The act of unfastening or loosening.
2.
a. Ruin; destruction.
b. The act of bringing to ruin.
c. A cause or source of ruin; downfall: Greed was his undoing.
3. The act of reversing or annulling something accomplished; a cancellation.
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undoing
(ʌnˈduːɪŋ)n
1. ruin; downfall
2. the cause of downfall: drink was his undoing.
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un•do•ing
(ʌnˈdu ɪŋ)n.
1. the reversing of what has been done; annulling.
2. the action of ruining or destroying.
3. a cause of destruction or ruin.
4. the act of unfastening or loosing.
[1300–50]
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| Noun | 1. | undoing - an act that makes a previous act of no effect (as if not done) policy change, volte-face, about-face, reversal - a major change in attitude or principle or point of view; "an about-face on foreign policy" |
| 2. |  undoing - loosening the ties that fasten something; "the tying of bow ties is an art; the untying is easy" |
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undoing
noun downfall, weakness, curse, trouble, trial, misfortune, blight, affliction, the last straw, fatal flaw His lack of experience may prove to be his undoing.
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undoing
noun1. The act of destroying or state of being destroyed:
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Translations
دَمار، كارِثَه
zkáza
ruin
eyîilegging, fall
mahvolma nedeni
undoing
[ˈʌnˈduːɪŋ] N → ruina f, perdición fthat was his undoing → aquello fue su ruina or perdición
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undoing
[ˌʌnˈduːɪŋ] nto be sb's undoing → causer la perte de qn
to lead to sb's undoing → mener qn à sa perte
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undo
(anˈduː) – past tense unˈdid (-ˈdid) : past participle unˈdone (-ˈdan) – verb1. to unfasten or untie. Could you undo the knot in this string?
2. to reverse, or destroy, the effect of. The evil that he did can never be undone.
unˈdoing noun (the cause of) ruin or disaster. Gambling was his undoing.
unˈdone (-ˈdan) adjective (of work, a task etc) not done, or not finished. I don't like going to bed leaving jobs/work undone.
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