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따고

cut (someone’s throat) and, win, get, earn and, pick

→ 따다
verb · informal Rare #27,236
cut (someone’s throat) and A violent expression; often used as a threat.
KO: 그는 적의 목을 따고 도망갔어요.
EN: He cut his enemy’s throat and ran away.
win, get, earn and Used for winning or securing something, such as a role or prize.
KO: 그 배우는 오디션에서 배역을 따고 유명해졌어요.
EN: The actor won a role at the audition and became famous.
pick, pluck and Can also mean to pick a lock, as in 따고 들어가다 (“pick the lock and go in”).
KO: 사과를 따고 바구니에 담았어요.
EN: I picked the apples and put them in a basket.
Conjugation of 따다
딸따고따딴
Present
따는
Indicative past
땄어요땄어

행님, 그냥 따고 들어갈까, 그냥?

Bro, should I just break in?

— The Roundup (2022)

배역을 따고 볼 거 야

I'll see once I get the part.

— 죽은 시인의 사회 (1989)