가다가

while going, on the way

k a̠ d a̠ ɡ a̠ → 가다
verb Rare #17,287
while going, on the way Connects going somewhere with something that happens during the trip or interrupts it.
KO: 학교에 가다가 친구를 만났어요.
EN: I met a friend on my way to school.
Conjugation of 가다

잘 가다가 왜 이라고?

Why would you say that when things were going so well?

— Pandora (2016)

가다가 뒈져라!

Drop dead on your way!

— 데이 워치 (2006)

여의도에서 누구를 만난다고 가다가 사고가 난 거 죠

You were on your way to meet someone in Yeouido when you got into an accident, right?

— Il Mare (2000)

아버지는 술집에 가다가 호수에 빠져 죽었고 맙소사!

My father fell into a lake and drowned on his way to a bar—oh my goodness!

— 비지터 (1993)

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