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- verb transitive To remove the
decorations from.
Etymologies
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Examples
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Ms. Lemieux, founder of the home-furnishings firm DwellStudio, coined the term "undecorate" to describe the surge of riotously eclectic amateur design that rose up during the recent recession.
NYT > Home Page By MICHAEL CANNELL 2011
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Perhaps now is the time to undecorate, and by that I mean it's time to embrace the new design trend of undecorating.
The Rise of the Personal Katie Roiphe 2011
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One of the newspapers of the day called the studio's creations "immoral furniture," and that immorality was an early glimmer of the impulse to "undecorate."
The Rise of the Personal Katie Roiphe 2011
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"I had to undecorate Christmas and redecorate autumn for two more weeks," said John, who works for a defense contractor.
Some deck the halls earlier, others check the calendar Steve Hendrix 2010
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"I had to undecorate Christmas and redecorate autumn for two more weeks," said John, who works for a defense contractor.
Some deck the halls earlier, others check the calendar Steve Hendrix 2010
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I'd been too overwhelmed to undecorate or redecorate the redecoration.
Sundays at Tiffany's Charbonnet, Gabrielle 2008
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We're going to show you some really smart ways to undecorate your home, to store the goods for next year.
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Also, it's about time to undecorate your home after the holidays.
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When we undecorate the tree we bring out outside and set it upright in a snowbank.
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I especially need to undecorate this dead Christmas tree and start getting ORGANIZED for the New Year (see previous entry for New Year's Resolutions).
2000-01-02 21:40:04 nueces 2000
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