Undo vs Unbrace - What's the difference?
undo | unbrace |
To reverse the effects of an action.
* {{quote-news
, year=2011
, date=October 15
, author=Michael Da Silva
, title=Wigan 1 - 3 Bolton
, work=BBC Sport
To unfasten.
(figuratively) to be heading for or to cause a downfall
* 1611 ,
To undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen.
*1590 , Edmund Spenser, The Faerie Queene , II.iv:
*:The knight emboyling in his haughtie hart, / Knit all his forces, and gan soone vnbrace / His grasping hold [...].
As verbs the difference between undo and unbrace
is that undo is to reverse the effects of an action while unbrace is to undo, unfasten; to relax, loosen.As an adjective undo
is .undo
English
Etymology 1
Verb
- Fortunately, we can undo most of the damage to the system by the war.
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- Could you undo my buckle for me?
- Woe is me, for I am undone !