undo (v.) Old form(s): vndo , vndoe , vndone , vndo's
bring to nought
2H4 epilogue.4[Epilogue] If you look for a good speech now, you undo me
2H4 III.ii.112[Mouldy to Falstaff] My old dame will be undone now for one to do her husbandry and her drudgery [with bawdy pun]
Tim III.ii.48[Lucius to Servilius] How unluckily it happened that I should purchase the day before for a little part and undo a great deal of honour! [i.e. lose myself the chance of gaining great honour]
Tim IV.iii.212[Apemantus to Timon] seek to thrive / By that which has undone thee
WT V.ii.56[Third Gentleman to all, of the meeting between Leontes and Polixenes] I never heard of such another encounter, which ... undoes description to do it [i.e. makes it impossible for description to do justice to it]
x

Jump directly to