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# redo

verb (redo, redoes, redid, redone, redoing); noun (a redo, redos — informal)

«redo» in the English dictionary: everyday — its meanings, how the lessons use it, and examples, each with its tree on Mova.

## Everyday

1. To redo something is to do it again, usually because it was wrong or not good enough. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/#m1)
2. To redo a room is to decorate it again. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/#m2)
3. (informal) A redo is a second try, a do-over. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/#m3)

### In the lessons

In school maths it is very common: «redo the sum», «redo your working». In games children ask for a redo when something went wrong. In everyday life it is about fixing work. Phrases: «redo it», «get a redo», «redo the kitchen».

### Examples

- Please redo question 5; the answer is wrong. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/#x1)
- I had to redo my homework because I spilled juice on it. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/#x2)
- The builders redid the roof. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/#x3)
- Can I have a redo? My hand slipped! [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/#x4)
- She redid her plait three times before school. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/#x5)
- We redid the sum and got 42 this time. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/#x6)
- They are redoing the bathroom in white tiles. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/#x7)
- He has redone the drawing and it looks much better. [tree →](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/#x8)

### Note

Forms follow «do»: redoes (not «redos» for the verb), redid, redone. The noun plural is «redos». Pronounce «ree-DOO». In US playground talk «do-over» means the same as a redo.

## On Mova

- [Trees and pragmatics of «redo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/R/redo/): every meaning and example parsed by Mova, with its dependency tree and frames.
- [«redo» in the school dictionary](https://mova.elamur.ai/free/en/dictionaries/school/w/redo.html) on Mova free.