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undoing Noun 1. ruin; downfall 2. the cause of someone's downfall: his confidence was his undoing
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undoing noun downfall, weakness, curse, trouble, trial, misfortune, blight, affliction, the last straw, fatal flaw How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| The fact is that over-brooding proves the undoing of a man--his complete undoing. His fancies had for the most part revolved about the unsettled political conditions of Henry's reign, for from these he felt he might wrest that opportunity which could be turned to his own personal uses and to the harm, and possibly the undoing, of the King. I helped them in emptying the cart, and placing in it some pillows for the wounded man to rest on; and it was only when the driver had mounted to his place, and was starting for the Surgery, that I bethought me of the strange power I possessed of undoing all this harm. |
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