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To unfasten something tied, fastened, or fixed in place
“As he passed through the doorway and entered the vestibule, he carelessly tossed his hat to the coat rack beside the door and then proceeded to loosen his cravat and undo the buttons of his jacket.”
To cancel or reverse an action or its effects
“Once a course of action is settled on, it is so difficult to undo the momentum of the action and its direction.”
To open or spread out, such as from a folded state or position
“Right there, among those stacks and stacks of paper, you undo the sheets wrapped around him like one long bandage, slowly.”
To cause the downfall or ruin of
“It was his craving for status that was eventually to help undo him.”
(rare) To bother or cause unease to one's mental or emotional state
“Will you not leave your prating, you would undo me, you are called Godliness, but that is not your name, you are, I understand, a factious fellow, and your name is Stubbornness, alias Singularity, alias Sedition.”
To completely destroy or devastate
To be victorious over
To take off, especially one's clothes or garments
To remove goods from (a vehicle, ship, container, etc.)
To disprove or refute a statement, theory or belief
To make a way through, or into, with physical strength
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