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dance

Verb

  1. 1

    dance

    To move one's body to a piece of music or a regular beat.

    Korean definition: 음악이나 규칙적인 박자에 맞추어 몸을 움직이다.

    • My daughter saw singers dancing on TV and just copied them.

    • My grandmother danced merrily to the trot music.

  2. 2

    jump with joy

    (figurative) To jump here and there, in excitement and joy.

    Korean definition: (비유적으로) 몹시 기뻐서 마구 날뛰다.

    • At the news that my sister had passed, the whole family danced for joy.

    • The man who won the lottery went around the whole neighborhood dancing for joy.

  3. 3

    follow someone blindly

    To fail to judge and blindly act on something that someone said.

    Korean definition: 자신의 생각 없이 남의 말을 따라 앞에 나서서 설치다.

    • I heard you can make money in stocks, blindly jumped on the bandwagon, and lost all my money.

    • Minjun danced to his friends' tune and ended up running in a class president election he didn't even want.