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Meanings of undoing in English

Catalan
desunió

Loosening the ties that fasten something; the untying is easy"

desunió
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Examples for "untying"
Examples for "untying"
1
I'm not very good at untying knots with just my left hand.
The Shelters of Stone
2
The untying of aid means that it can be purchased outside Canada.
Reuters
3
He worked his right foot into his shoe without untying the laces.
City of lies
4
While he was untying my obi in the room upstairs, he said:
Memoirs of a geisha: a novel
5
She had failed, having only succeeded in untying one of the knots.
Folk-Lore and Legends: North American Indian
1
He walked towards the house and saw the courier unfastening his pouch.
Relentless Pursuit
2
The guards passed along, calling out the name and unfastening the doors.
Noto: An Unexplored Corner of Japan
3
Quickly unfastening it, she skurried back to her room with the treasure.
Little Maid Marian
4
Meanwhile, the boy who was short two sous was unfastening his coat.
Nobody's Boy / Sans Famille
5
She rose from the armchair, almost lazily, and began unfastening her tunic.
Crown of Slaves
Usage of undoing in English
1
Others said his comments bore the risk of undoing decades of peace-building.
Radio NZ
2
Yet the Pontic soldiers' primeval attempt to survive was their own undoing.
The road to rome: a forgotten legion chronicle
3
Her focus: undoing the coarsening of debate brought about by online anonymity.
Wired
4
Short of undoing the merger approval, they could possibly... impose further conditions.
Reuters
5
They obtained glory and great wealth, yet it turned to their undoing.
Wired
6
The young Custer relished fighting, and that proved to be his undoing.
Pinheads and patriots: where you stand in the age of obama
7
This faculty, the power of speaking to me, will be my undoing.
In a glass darkly
8
His refusal to surrender a monopoly of power would be his undoing.
The duel: pakistan on the flight path of american power
9
Ironically the elaborate nature of this hiding place had been Peshkova's undoing.
Agent 6
10
His grateful expression was almost her undoing-andhis subsequent vulnerability as well.
Big sky standoff
11
Her remembering the peculiar gesture of the artist had been his undoing.
The Camp Fire Girls Do Their Bit; Or, Over the Top with the Winn...
12
His unbridled appetite for the society of the aristocracy proved his undoing.
The Admirable Tinker / Child of the World
13
So Bud busied himself in undoing stout cords and opening both bundles.
The Boy Scouts of the Flying Squadron
14
The Lap 74 accident proved the undoing of Ty Dillon, whose No.
Reuters
15
And yet a lack of clinical edge was once more their undoing.
News.com.au
16
But he had forgotten the ring, and the ring was his undoing.
The Mayor of Warwick
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United Kingdom
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United States of America
Common
Ireland
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