Sometimes actually undoing these braids could mean misfortune or angering the tomte. Kerouac's fame came as an unmanageable surge that would ultimately be his undoing. Arthas's fear and resolve proved to be his ultimate undoing. His conflict with the Ottoman Empire was the final cause of his undoing. But his personal involvement nearly led to his undoing. Some spelling reformers propose undoing these changes. Meanwhile, Wills feigns illness and fools Kidder into undoing his chains. The Pipeline Debate proved the Liberal Party's undoing. This conflict proved to be the company's final undoing. Indeed, the desert is almost his undoing. The arrival of sound was her undoing. The episode proved the undoing of Wiley's career. The Louisville extension proved to be the company's undoing. Darryl insists that Max is headed for a fall which is nearly Darryl's undoing. Sometimes an adversary can obtain unencrypted information without directly undoing the encryption.