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tteda[떼다]Intermediate · TOPIK II

take off; detach; remove

Verb

  1. 1

    take off; detach; remove

    To separate something attached or connected to each other.

    Korean definition: 붙어 있거나 이어져 있는 것을 떨어지게 하다.

    • The child played around, sticking stickers on the wall and peeling them off.

    • I took the mirror off the wall and moved it somewhere else.

  2. 2

    take out of; take from; take away from; deduct; set aside

    To take a part out of the whole of something.

    Korean definition: 전체에서 한 부분을 덜어 내다.

    • I set aside a little from my allowance at a time to make an emergency fund.

    • Our company has been taking part of its already allocated budget and investing it in new businesses.

  3. 3

    turn away from; break away from; separate from; distance from

    For one's mind to turn away from something or someone.

    Korean definition: 어떤 것에서 마음이 돌아서다.

    • I hate him so much that I want to break off my feelings for him, but they won't go away.

    • It is truly hard to break away emotionally from someone you liked or someone familiar.

  4. 4

    take one's eyes off

    To take one's gaze off of something.

    Korean definition: 지켜보던 눈길을 거두다.

    • She was so beautiful that I couldn't take my eyes off her.

    • He looked at Jisu for a long time without taking his eyes off her.