undoing
/ʌnˈduːɪŋ/ sustantivo C1En español: deshacimiento
- The act of loosening or unfastening
- Ruin; defeat, (also) that which causes defeat or ruin. · In the end, his jealousy was his undoing.
- Annulment; reversal
Plural undoings
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As soon as she had made out the proper way of nursing it, (which was to twist it up into a sort of knot, and then keep tight hold of its right ear and left foot, so as to prevent its undoing itself,) she carried it out into the open air.
The boy had some slight difficulty in undoing the heavy iron gates, and we heard the hoarse roar of the Doctor’s voice and saw the fury with which he shook his clinched fists at him.
Learn then from this story not to fear the fruits of the past, but rather to be circumspect in the future, that those foul passions whereby our family has suffered so grievously may not again be loosed to our undoing.
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